Example sentences of "[adv] [Wh adv] [verb] [not/n't] they " in BNC.
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1 | The government must have the figures , we know the government has the figures and the people of Britain will have to pay that extra tax so why have n't they got the guts to tell them how much they 'll have to pay . |
2 | So why do n't they admit it ? |
3 | So why do n't they ? |
4 | I only appear on infrequent occasions , so why do n't they think I 'm just a family friend ? ’ |
5 | So why did n't they do away with it altogether , or at least bury thing . ’ |
6 | He knew it was what they wanted to do , what they had planned to do , so why did n't they just do it then ? |
7 | However , they were originally scheduled for different nights , but it has always been possible for this scenario to arrise , so why did n't they just schedule the matches to be played at the same time no matter what ? |
8 | but I , he says he did n't , I mean , since she 's had the chop , but between having the first and then having the twins , the second , she went back to work then at the Building Society , so she 's got a cheaper mortgage , so why did n't they pay some off then ? |
9 | ‘ It was the time they started sending memos out to referees , and I said straight why did n't they just get on with administration and leave us to do the bloody job on the field . |
10 | Well why did n't they ask us then ? |
11 | Well why did n't they get a mile away from where they put that money they could 've , they could 've been planned it away , a mile away all |
12 | Oh well why do n't they just bring down as well you know might as well . |
13 | 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 . |
14 | If this is true , then why do n't they roll right at the surface like 80 per cent of other bream ? |
15 | If they can afford to go there , then why do n't they , you know , if you have two pints in there I mean it 's , it 's a meal really , cos I , I could give these kids a meal for about a one pound , one pound fifty . |
16 | ‘ Then why did n't they kill you immediately ? ’ |
17 | I 'm actually concerned that if we , did anybody know about this issue earlier on because I think this has been going on for quite some time erm probably over the last two years and if anyone did know then why did n't they address it before and if anyone did n't know , why not ? |
18 | Why why why did n't they work , you said they di very seldom |
19 | So why is there not somebody responsible security say why why do n't they go out there and stop it ? |
20 | as a boy , therefore why do n't they |