Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [verb] not i [vb pp] " in BNC.
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1 | Why had n't I guessed ? |
2 | I could surely have bluffed out the running ; it was the standing under the rod that was the important part , the critical part ; why had n't I realised that ? |
3 | Why had n't I asked Flora ? |
4 | Why had n't I gone to gentler old Winston 's place instead . |
5 | Why had n't I felt them when we were pressed together ? |
6 | And why had n't I felt that shock of surprise I should have felt ? |
7 | Now why had n't I thought of it before ! |
8 | Why , why had n't I told Toby about it long ago ? |
9 | Why had n't I told him myself ? |
10 | Why had n't I taken Dottie at her word ? |
11 | And while we 're on about it why have n't I seen you |
12 | I meant , why have n't I seen you outside the theatre ? |
13 | ‘ So why have n't I done the fuck already ? |
14 | Johnny 's first words to me were : ‘ You 're a good broadcaster , why have n't I heard of you ? ’ ’ |
15 | because , in fact every time I get one from someone else I always think why have n't I gone and got some of those yet ? |
16 | ‘ I 've shared the same ball as Waqar and Wasim all series , so why have n't I had the same degree of success ? |
17 | Why have n't I got it ? |
18 | Why have n't I got |