Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [verb] [not/n't] [pers pn] say " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But … why has n't she said anything to Tom , my ma or me about it ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Why did n't she say anything ? ’ |
| 3 | So to the middle-aged man who came up to me in the car park and confessed that in the fifth form he had been silently in love with me — why did n't he say so at the time ? |
| 4 | ‘ Why did n't he say so ? ’ |
| 5 | Why did n't he write more , why did n't he say where he was ? |
| 6 | Well why did n't he say that yesterday then ? |
| 7 | ‘ Why did n't you say so before ? ’ exclaimed the Bookman . |
| 8 | Why did n't you say you 'd be his fucking shadow if he 'd give you tenure ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Then why did n't you say so ? ’ |
| 10 | Why did n't you say ? |
| 11 | You may ask — but why did n't you say ? |
| 12 | Why did n't you say so before ? |
| 13 | ‘ Why did n't you say something when Bailey was here ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Why did n't you say ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Then why did n't you say so at first ? |
| 16 | When my master had left the palace alone , the Queen said to me , ‘ Why did n't you say goodbye to him ? |
| 17 | ‘ Why did n't you say so earlier ? |
| 18 | ‘ Why did n't you say so before ? ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Why did n't you say ? ’ |
| 20 | When she demanded whether there were any suspicious circumstances he refused to be drawn and took over the questioning : ‘ Why did n't you say Ayling was here on Friday ? ’ |
| 21 | Taken by surprise , she could not answer for a moment and than said angrily , ‘ If you knew , why did n't you say something before ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Belinda , love , why did n't you say something ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Why did n't you say before that you — ? ’ |
| 24 | Why did n't you say ? |
| 25 | ‘ But , Caro , why did n't you say so before ? |
| 26 | Well , why did n't you say so in the first place ? ’ |
| 27 | Because there were , there were easily three lists of influence on referrals that you need to be attuned to , that I gave you in that one erm praise , give a bit of praise to my wife because all I 'm proud of crafty , I thought , you know , why did n't you say that was a beautiful brief . |
| 28 | ‘ But why did n't you say anything ? |
| 29 | ‘ Why did n't you say yes ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Why did n't you say something ? ’ |