Example sentences of "why [verb] n't [pers pn] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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31 | What was the idea what was the idea of coal tokens and milk tokens , why did n't you just buy Why did n't you just pay for the coal and the milk ? |
32 | ‘ So why did n't you just come clean about it ? |
33 | If you were so set on helping me then why did n't you just come straight over and … ’ |
34 | ‘ Why did n't you just use your key , and why have you brought him ? ’ she demanded , pointing her bony finger at Frankie . |
35 | Why did n't you just say no and close the window ? |
36 | ‘ Why did n't you just say ? ’ |
37 | It would n't be mine , but it 's better than having a could , why did n't you just get a little false tooth like the girl did ? |
38 | Why did n't you just turn the knob ? |
39 | ‘ Why did n't you simply ask me ? ’ she said . |
40 | Why did n't you bloody tell me ? ’ |
41 | ‘ Mandy , why did n't you ever say anything ? ’ |
42 | ’ But why do n't they just do that ? ’ |
43 | Why do n't they just print the job supplement ? |
44 | Why do n't they just throw them away ! |
45 | Like , when they all went off and I thought well I do n't see , why do n't they just stop it . |
46 | Of course the legendary Super Champ ( why do n't they just bring it back and be done with it ) was the nearest thing to a ‘ Boogie in a matchbox ’ ( or , for that matter , why do n't Boogie ? ) and I suppose the Champ 12 forms an obvious transitional link between that and this new model . |
47 | Oh well why do n't they just bring down as well you know might as well . |
48 | why do n't they just let the stuff grow naturally ? |
49 | Why do n't they just take their |
50 | I mean when Rutherford did his experiments years and years ago he produced his planetary model of the nucleus , of the atom where the nucleus plays the role of the sun and the electrons play the role of the planets , and people said well why do n't they just spiral in an erm Rutherford had actually no answer to this , but the answer to this was produced by the Danish physicist Nils Bore , who said ‘ Well they do n't spiral in because erm electrons can not just take up any orbit , they can take up certain specified orbits which he called stationary states , and there is a lowest one of these , and when the electron gets down there it can not go any further . |
51 | Look I know we said we would n't talk about it and maybe it 's not fair cos I do n't know what state you 'll be in when you get this , but why do n't we just move to the country and have babies ? |
52 | And why do n't we just change our name to New Morrissey Express and be done with it ? |
53 | OK , so why 's he on the cover , and why do n't we just change our name to New Morrissey Express and be done with it ? |
54 | Why do n't we just go away for the day ? ’ |
55 | Why do n't we just go to the airport and get on a plane ? ’ |
56 | ‘ Why do n't we just go ‘ ome , and ‘ ope he finds the captain before I do ? ’ said Tommy . |
57 | Why do n't we just go to Keith 's and let him do something ? |
58 | Why do n't we just empty this whole deck and search it room by room ? ’ |
59 | Why do n't we just give Napoleon the keys to Berlin and have done with it ? |
60 | turning over , I ca n't be bothered why do n't we just carry on |