Example sentences of "[adv] why do [not/n't] they " in BNC.
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1 | So why do n't they admit it ? |
2 | So why do n't they ? |
3 | I only appear on infrequent occasions , so why do n't they think I 'm just a family friend ? ’ |
4 | Oh well why do n't they just bring down as well you know might as well . |
5 | 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 . |
6 | If this is true , then why do n't they roll right at the surface like 80 per cent of other bream ? |
7 | 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 . |
8 | So why is there not somebody responsible security say why why do n't they go out there and stop it ? |
9 | as a boy , therefore why do n't they |