Example sentences of "[conj] why [verb] n't " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know but they did n't , he did n't suggest it to you or why does n't he say well there is this er er , you said that he did n't . |
| 2 | Right , so simultaneous why do n't you i why do n't you integrate this log Or why do n't you erm |
| 3 | Or why do n't you give mum the money and put it all through , no no I better not no . |
| 4 | or why do n't you have erm , get the girls to pay a percentage of the bill , get them to note down all the calls they make and work it out , that 's a way of doing it |
| 5 | If the officers could tell us that why did n't they tell the controlling labour group , I 'm sure they did and then the question is why did n't you listen to them . |
| 6 | And why does n't British Rail offer a recycling facility for my old two-inch-thick timetable , when I replace it with the new edition twice each year ? |
| 7 | Right , and why does n't this happen with zinc plating , galvanizing ? |
| 8 | ‘ Why is it called the Judge 's House ? ’ he said , ‘ and why does n't anyone want to live in it ? ’ |
| 9 | And why had n't Kathleen understood ? |
| 10 | And why had n't he left on the passage light ? |
| 11 | And why had n't Ken told him he was writing too ? |
| 12 | And why had n't the colonel told her he was renting his house out , she wondered wrathfully ? |
| 13 | And why had n't the attendant come and told the foreign autocrat off for coming in the wrong way ? |
| 14 | Yes , and why had n't that occurred to her before — that he might be married with children ? |
| 15 | And why had n't I felt that shock of surprise I should have felt ? |
| 16 | Mary Finnigan : It was at this time , when David flew out to Malta , then not only were we organising the Arts Lab but a free open air festival in Beckenham , David , having flown out to the Maltese song festival had sent Angie a postcard saying something to the effect that he was going to be in Italy and why did n't Angie come and join him , which she did , leaving me to sort out both the folk club and the free festival organised for Beckenham Park the following Sunday . ’ |
| 17 | Bambi smiled thinly , and Sheridan said in a loud voice that he thought the whole thing was stupid ; everyone knew there had n't been any goddam kidnap attempt and why did n't Zak stop messing around and piss off . |
| 18 | And when I came across people who told me I must be , at best , gullible to believe in metaphysics ( and why did n't I rejoin their random , meaningless reality ? ) , then I had invited them into my world . |
| 19 | ‘ And why did n't you come straight home ? ’ |
| 20 | And why did n't Mario follow his example ? |
| 21 | And why did n't they just pad you — why did you have to put on weight specially for it ? |
| 22 | Of course , you 'd read of these places and screwed up your nose in disgust and said such things should n't be permitted , and why did n't someone else do something about it . |
| 23 | And why did n't the policeman want him to see the suite ? |
| 24 | Once she 'd put the phone down on him the previous night she 'd regretted her skittish way with him , and , after a heart-to-heart with Marlin in which she 'd told him she wanted to go back to England , and he 'd replied that it would all seem different in the morning and why did n't she just take a pill and lie down , she 'd decided to call him back . |
| 25 | ‘ And why did n't you tell me ? ’ |
| 26 | just making coffee and why did n't I |
| 27 | Well , he said he was a writer , and I said I was looking for plays to invest in and why did n't he write one about his friend , and a couple of months later he 'd written something pretty splendid , had n't he ? |
| 28 | He would say she always did ask too many questions and why did n't she stay cool , tell him she loved him ? |
| 29 | ‘ And why did n't you come to me immediately ? |
| 30 | ‘ And why did n't Cosmas get out of the bed ? ’ |