Example sentences of "[vb past] [Wh adv] [pron] do n't " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bedroom has got a , it 's in an alcove so you 'll have that piece where it 's bottom of the stairs or wherever , I mean , the , stand on slip mats you 're gon na get that because of the , the airing cupboard is part of the hall , part of the bedroom and nothing you can do about that one , and on the wall it 's just gon na be one length of each room , cut off , perfect , , actually they do n't normally do that , they usually just the measurement , cos I not , never understood why they do n't have measurements there all standard , you guarantee use the one strip of another roll |
| 2 | He understood why she did n't move . |
| 3 | " I knew exactly why you did n't come and I thought you knew why I did n't come to you . |
| 4 | ‘ Ah just accept what they send me , ’ said the undertaker , asked why he did n't spot anything odd . |
| 5 | Frankie asked why she did n't answer our knock but she ignored this . |
| 6 | and wondered why they did n't open . |
| 7 | She wondered why they did n't all run together in the middle . |
| 8 | I wondered why they did n't pause to stretch or joke . |
| 9 | The entrepreneurial Elizabeth Taylor ( no relation ) read an article about organic markets in France , les Marches Biologiques , and wondered why we did n't have any here . |
| 10 | I wondered why we did n't do a bit more for them . |
| 11 | Roman winced as he took in her fragile appearance , and Claudia , on her part , wondered why he did n't look either well or happy , while Dana was positively blooming . |
| 12 | Meredith watched the struggle on the man 's face as he tried to control his wayward mouth , and wondered why he did n't want to grin when he was so obviously amused by her cheek . |
| 13 | She wondered why he did n't step across it ; he reminded her of the white mice they had let out of the cage one day . |