Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [vb past] [adv] i [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | Why did n't I go home to my own country taking with me the sheet which bore the stains of my virginity . |
2 | Why did n't I go straight to the Star Council ? ’ |
3 | Why did n't I go with you ? |
4 | I did n't go until why did n't I go ? |
5 | Then why did n't I go , er I might ring up and see what it 's like . |
6 | ‘ Why did n't I marry her ! |
7 | Why did n't I think of it before ! ’ |
8 | Why did n't I think of it ? |
9 | ‘ Now why did n't I think of that ? ’ |
10 | Of course , why did n't I think of that ? ’ |
11 | Of course , why did n't I think of that ? ’ she said sarcastically . |
12 | Why did n't I think of it ? |
13 | Why did n't I think of it before ? ’ |
14 | Why did n't I think before I began work ? |
15 | Why did n't I think of it ? ’ |
16 | Why did n't I think of that ? |
17 | Sometimes they come back from their haunts very cross , and say , " If only I 'd known about that , " or " Why did n't I think of that ? |
18 | Why did n't I think of that … |
19 | ‘ Why did n't I think of that ? said Rincewind . |
20 | ‘ Of course , why did n't I think of it before ? |
21 | ‘ Why did n't I think of that ? |
22 | ‘ Why did n't I meet them ? ’ |
23 | Now , the bereaved person may feel , ‘ Why did n't I hold my tongue ? |
24 | ‘ Then someone asked why did n't I start an organisation selling extraordinary buildings ? |
25 | I mean , that , very , very occasionally you 'll do something and you 'll think , erm why did n't I do that you think that 's stupid , you know , |
26 | Damn , she thought , why did n't I choose a chair ? |
27 | Why did n't I end my life then ? |
28 | So why did n't I tell you ? |
29 | Why did n't I tell him that I had an absolutely unbreakable date ? |
30 | If anybody used it , why did n't I see them ? ’ |