Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] [Wh adv] do [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Then someone asked why did n't I start an organisation selling extraordinary buildings ? |
| 2 | I mean why does n't he say something about it ? |
| 3 | Well look , I mean why do n't I leave it to you to get in contact with |
| 4 | I mean why do n't you just if she says why I mean she 'll obviously have Sandy there and Sandy 'll say why is n't Carla speaking to you ? |
| 5 | Oh yeah , I agree , but I mean why do n't erm why do n't you say sort of we 're not satisfied and advertise or . |
| 6 | and I says why do n't you , no , but like |
| 7 | Well I says to him , I says if you were that interested I says while I 'm watching I says why do n't you come and see , I says , give us a shake |
| 8 | I rather suspect it could lead to a lot of foul-hooked fish , which is another thing I deplore when done deliberately . |
| 9 | We put out a lot of get-well cards and deepest sympathies , which was a bit of a con when the only thing I knew how to do apart from programming was punching people . |
| 10 | to be burned or , I do n't mind so much if it 's recycled I think why do n't we all agree to use recycled paper |
| 11 | " I said why do n't you leave him alone . " |
| 12 | so she said I , I went in and I said to Geraldine I 'm going I owe you any bloody money take the bugger out me wages , she says I ai n't having people that I like being stabbed like that by people like that , she said she ai n't worth the salt of the earth , she 's the salt of the earth she said with people like that pointing to Jenny and Jane , no way , she said and I 'm going with my mates , I turned round and the next thing Janet and Janet and Barbara in there , when we got up the pub at twelve o'clock , course we were all having sandwiches me and Pam got the , me and er Barb got there , then Pam come in then a few more come and erm then the plumber and all that come in with them and I said oh girls we never clocked out , so I said oh well I 'm gon na have to take my key back to Steve , burst out laughing , so I said oh no I said why do n't we have a key cracking competition so of course that 's what we did we all took our keys out of our bag and we went ready for she 's a jolly good ready , steady , fellow , for she 's go and we cracked these ruddy keys and shoved them up in the air |
| 13 | I said well why do n't you se she said well you 've got ta come and pick the books , I said well I ca n't come all that way , I said it 's hardly worth my while , I said why do n't |
| 14 | So erm and here 's another thing as well , she says erm I said why do n't you pack this job in like ? |
| 15 | I said why do n't you go and sit down there . |
| 16 | He told me that he 'd got a good home , or he 'd had a good home , and he just I said why do n't you live there ? |
| 17 | When I said why did n't 'e go an' get it back 'isself , 'e said do n't ask questions . |
| 18 | I said why did n't we have one big camp , for Christ 's sake . |
| 19 | Well that 's what I said why did n't they surround it a mile away . |
| 20 | There is an increasing discrimination on my view because of the racism that exists as well as the sexism that exists within our society , and when you say why do n't women do more , the odds against women , particularly black or working class women , are very heavy . |
| 21 | She says why do n't I go out there on a visit . |
| 22 | Now you know why do n't bother with them they 're all bloody horrible . |
| 23 | Yeah but you know why do n't you ? |
| 24 | so I said if you go up and see Pat I said I 'm sure Pat will say well you know why do n't you use the kitchen and come and live in |
| 25 | You know why do n't you ? |
| 26 | Yeah , you know why do n't you because that side bits down the back , he probably thinks you 've been bloody fiddling with it . |
| 27 | But what you do a lot I think is you know how to do quite a few things but you 're concentrating I mean here you 're thinking , Ah all I 'm doing now is where w w get the commas in the right place . |
| 28 | Why do n't you come why do n't you come . |
| 29 | However , she had met a very nice lady from Pinner who said why did n't she come along with the Lionisers ' visit to Fort House that afternoon . |
| 30 | but I saw him on the television last week , breakfast T V , not last week , week before , just before I got into work , and this woman on the television asking this stupid question , she said why do n't you put any opposition up in Parliament , and he hit the roof , but what the television did , they did n't switch off when he played bloody hell with 'em , excuse my French er President , but this is how it went , he could n't give a damn about you bloody lot , he kept the television on , it just showed his frustration . |