Example sentences of "why [pers pn] do n't just [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Women like you turn my stomach ! ’ he grated harshly , and , clearly fed up to the teeth with her , ‘ I do n't know why I do n't just terminate your employment and get rid of you ! ’ |
| 2 | Candy would pounce on that like a terrier , demanding to know why she did n't just tell him to get lost . |
| 3 | ‘ Mind telling me , sir , why you did n't just wait in the twenty-minute car-park ? |
| 4 | That 's why you do n't just get a print-out every month from us ; you get a set of charge forms . |
| 5 | And 40 years ago you — or rather your semi-erect ancestors — were asking us why we did n't just change our name to New Accordion Express . |
| 6 | So he had to stand there , in the office of the Roadworking Operatives Supervisor in the Islington Council Seven Sisters Road Highways Department Depot , sweating like a pig and wondering why they did n't just get on with it and sack him as he listened to Mr Smith and his eyes hurt and he could smell his own body-odour again . |
| 7 | ‘ But what I ca n't understand is why they did n't just take our project in the first place . |
| 8 | I do n't know why they do n't just open the gates and let us all out now . ’ |
| 9 | I do n't know why they do n't just keep the to- bloody-gether . |
| 10 | Of course , they are being treated with the contempt they deserve and you have to wonder why they do n't just get a life … |
| 11 | why they do n't just put a screen up |
| 12 | ) I f he 's that frightened , though , I do n't know why he does n't just throw it out . |
| 13 | ‘ He 's a bit of a loner , ’ Quincx replied , unsure why he did n't just tell Leila his suppositions . |
| 14 | He wondered , more than once , why he did n't just turn round and go home . |