Example sentences of "[pers pn] why [pron] do not " in BNC.
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| 1 | Will you , Mr. Speaker , tell the House whether you have been approached on the subject , and , if so , have the Opposition told you why they do not want a statement on it ? |
| 2 | He said : ‘ Only the FA can tell you why I did n't get the job . |
| 3 | People who asked her why she did n't make use of her talent and give singing lessons had perhaps not tried to do this while living in two rooms over a greengrocers , and looking after young children . |
| 4 | ‘ I have attempted to see Queen Yolande to ask her why she did not send out a search-party for the King when he failed to arrive at Kinghorn Manor . |
| 5 | she say that , and she say that and she 's always writing your name over the books and everything , okay , oh yeah , you must ask him if he fancies me and love him and ask him why he do n't he phone me that often , ask him that , you must say , right yeah , but do n't tell him that I told you to ask him , yeah |
| 6 | I was a fool ; I ought to have let it go at that , but I asked him why he did n't approve — and had a regular tirade ! |
| 7 | But when she made a last appeal , and told him , though feeling it was not quite true , that Martha had asked him to bring her father back , and then , very unwisely , referred again to Mrs Hodge , and the house , and the single bed , and even the temple bells , and asked him why he did n't come to his senses and whether he did n't think he 'd be happier living with a woman , whether she was on a boat or not , he turned on her , upsetting the bowl of water in front of the gas fire , and shouted : |
| 8 | So erm if you ask them why they do n't do a certain thing you get a very very elaborate argument about it , which is often very difficult to er to er criticize or , or , or attack . |
| 9 | ’ My husband asked them why they did n't take a statement from me four years ago . |
| 10 | When they asked me why I did n't have a British passport that 's when the immigration problems started . |
| 11 | I got there and they asked me why I did n't get there sooner . |
| 12 | Make it clear that you have taken in details by phrasing questions along the lines of , ‘ I 've looked at your educational record which seems excellent but could you perhaps tell me why you did not pass maths until two years after your other 0 levels/changed schools halfway through A levels/took a year off while doing your degree ? ’ |
| 13 | And 40 years ago you — or rather your semi-erect ancestors — were asking us why we did n't just change our name to New Accordion Express . |