Example sentences of "[noun sg] did [adv] you [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then in exasperation , ‘ Why the devil did n't you stop me sooner ? ’ |
| 2 | spoke to since then , they says , why the heck did n't you say summat ? |
| 3 | If you 're so keen on procreation , why in God 's name did n't you marry Alison ? |
| 4 | ‘ Jean , ’ she cried , her eyes blazing , ‘ why in God 's name did n't you write ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Why the fuck did n't you make your presence known ? , |
| 6 | ‘ Then why the hell did n't you tell me ? ’ |
| 7 | Then he floored her completely as , in a voice stiff with anger , he demanded , ‘ Why the hell did n't you tell me about Ryan ? ’ |
| 8 | Why the hell did n't you throw yourself at the door ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Why the hell did n't you bother to dry off the ponies ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Why the hell did n't you bring this up before now ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ So why , Ruth , why the hell did n't you sort out your affairs and come back to me ? ’ |
| 12 | Why the hell did n't you ask me before ? ’ he said , and went to sleep at once . |
| 13 | Why the hell did n't you come to me when you were so messed up ? |
| 14 | ‘ Why the hell did n't you use fenders when you tied alongside ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Well why the flamin' hell did n't you say so ? ’ |
| 16 | Why the hell did n't you say so ? ’ |
| 17 | " Well , why the bloody Hell did n't you say so out there when we was with them instead of making me look like a bloody fool ? " |
| 18 | He will , well this is his celebration did n't you know ? |
| 19 | What did you say to dad ? did you say that to dad did n't you say it . |
| 20 | The interesting point is that , that I feel is , that this is , this , this , this all has a very heavy bearing on the regulatory system , because I think that really we 're now being financial services is a global village and you know whether somebody picks up a phone and di I think in fact did n't you have somebody gave evidence here and said that they could not investigate one of Maxwell 's transactions , because it had gone through the New York office . |
| 21 | ‘ Why on earth did n't you tell me ? ’ |
| 22 | Why on earth did n't you tell us ? … |
| 23 | ‘ Why on earth did n't you tell me ? ’ he demanded harshly , going over to the bed and staring at Faye almost menacingly , his strong back curved tautly over her . |
| 24 | ‘ Then why on earth did n't you tell me as soon as you saw me ? ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Oh , Merrill , why on earth did n't you get all this off your chest earlier ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Then why on earth did n't you say so at the time ? ’ |
| 27 | Now , I do agree with that , that if you phone up and somebody phones you and they just talk to you and then for about five minutes later , the person at the other end of the phone says , ‘ I 'm in a meeting ’ , and you just thought ‘ Well , why on earth did n't you say that in the first place ? ’ , so there is another side to that one . |