Example sentences of "why [verb] [not/n't] [pron] [conj] " in BNC.
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1 | This analysis raises the same question addressed in the previous section : if the speaker wanted the hearer to recover these effects , why did n't he or she simply say that they sprinted up the hill ? |
2 | I just thought — Reg is away tonight , so why do n't you and Tessa sleep in our double bed downstairs ? |
3 | Why do n't you and me go some place , see who 's out and about down the Grove ? |
4 | More audibly , as he opened the car door for Anna , he went on , ‘ Sam , why do n't you and Anna come back to my place ? |
5 | Why do n't you and I talk about it separately then |
6 | If Ross is n't around to deal with his awful mother , and if your life in her house is so unbearable , why do n't you and the kids move into our apartment in Wapping ? ’ |
7 | Yeah , you know why do n't you because that side bits down the back , he probably thinks you 've been bloody fiddling with it . |