Example sentences of "[coord] why [verb] n't [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And why had n't the colonel told her he was renting his house out , she wondered wrathfully ? |
| 2 | And why had n't the attendant come and told the foreign autocrat off for coming in the wrong way ? |
| 3 | And why did n't the policeman want him to see the suite ? |
| 4 | Paul was singing to himself and asking questions of the type children tend to , such as why were n't the birds all blown away during the storm , and why did n't the sea fill up with water with the stream going so hard ? |
| 5 | ‘ But why does n't the Queen care for them ? ’ |
| 6 | But why do n't the rules stipulate that on a grey you have to wear brown breeches for the same reason ? |
| 7 | Well , you see , here 's a typical example here of the way is thinking she says , could there have been er could there not be more contact and cooperation er , if I am in a group providing music , which she is , there 's every chance that the readers will have no knowledge of our intentions prior to our arriving in church , but why do n't the music people tell ? |
| 8 | And someone did and she goes , oh we , but why did n't no one tell me ? |
| 9 | ‘ But why did n't the first guest get the poisoned beef ? ’ |
| 10 | So I will take the blame for that one , but why did n't the machine tuck up on the first two garments of the same size ? |
| 11 | ‘ Probably we did n't realise it would be a problem until a few days before , but why did n't the managers come to us and ask about it ? |