Example sentences of "[coord] [Wh adv] [vb past] n't " in BNC.
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1 | And why had n't Kathleen understood ? |
2 | And why had n't he left on the passage light ? |
3 | And why had n't Ken told him he was writing too ? |
4 | And why had n't the colonel told her he was renting his house out , she wondered wrathfully ? |
5 | And why had n't the attendant come and told the foreign autocrat off for coming in the wrong way ? |
6 | Yes , and why had n't that occurred to her before — that he might be married with children ? |
7 | And why had n't I felt that shock of surprise I should have felt ? |
8 | 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 . ’ |
9 | 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 . |
10 | 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 . |
11 | ‘ And why did n't you come straight home ? ’ |
12 | And why did n't Mario follow his example ? |
13 | And why did n't they just pad you — why did you have to put on weight specially for it ? |
14 | 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 . |
15 | And why did n't the policeman want him to see the suite ? |
16 | 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 . |
17 | ‘ And why did n't you tell me ? ’ |
18 | just making coffee and why did n't I |
19 | 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 ? |
20 | He would say she always did ask too many questions and why did n't she stay cool , tell him she loved him ? |
21 | ‘ And why did n't you come to me immediately ? |
22 | ‘ And why did n't Cosmas get out of the bed ? ’ |
23 | And why did n't he drop round to her flat in Hans Crescent for a drink after the show tomorrow ? |
24 | ‘ Document A. That the man , who was belligerent on several occasions at first , threatening the social worker called in by the Visitor , said it was no business of theirs as it was a family matter and that the girl 's father , his own brother , had given his consent , and what more could you want , and there was no higher authority than that , and no wonder there was so much crime on the streets if the government took away the father 's power , and why did n't they do something about crime on the streets instead of invading people 's homes . |
25 | I said I did n't think her opinion was worth very much : if that was the opinion she had of her husband then naturally he preferred someone who admired , loved , trusted and desired him , and why did n't she just go away ? |
26 | And why did n't Paul get it from Johnny ? |
27 | ‘ They wanted more details and I said it was a murder dammit and why did n't they do something about it and he said ‘ Another of those ’ and … well they must do something . |
28 | ‘ And why did n't they eat the fruit themselves ? ’ |
29 | ‘ Jesus and why did n't they send the Devil ? |
30 | Paul was singing to himself and asking questions of the type children tend to , such as why were n't the birds all blown away during the storm , and why did n't the sea fill up with water with the stream going so hard ? |