Example sentences of "why [not/n't] [verb] it [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So why not do it then ? |
| 2 | But if testing is not absolutely essential to the modern bomb-builder , why not abandon it anyway — as a gesture of goodwill to the have-nots ? |
| 3 | Why not give it up ? ’ |
| 4 | Why not check it out ? |
| 5 | Why not talk it over with your family and think about it for a week or two ? ’ |
| 6 | So why not cut it down like they do ? |
| 7 | That 's how it 's turned out , so why not carry it through — form one good mixed practice and later on expand still further ? ’ |
| 8 | Why not use it today and keep it handy for future checks ? |
| 9 | ‘ Why not put it back in the bag and say nothing ? |
| 10 | After all , the stuff has to go somewhere : why not put it as far as possible from people , where it poses no threat to drinking water and little threat ( fisheries apart ) to food ? |
| 11 | ‘ Our Astropath might mention the content to his Lordship later on , so why not divulge it now ? ’ |
| 12 | " Why not take it downstairs , mamma ? " whispered Gemma . |
| 13 | Why not take it down to the firm 's office and let the experts see it for themselves ? |
| 14 | Pace the unjustified slur , naming 10 famous Belgians is easy , even if the Singing Nun , the Mannekin Pis and Hercule Poirot are declared ineligible ( and Jacques Brel counts five of most other countries ' famous people in our book ) — and there could just be another one soon , in the person of Finance Minister Philippe Maystadt , who could become the father of a whole new economics after his proposal that Belgium levy a robot tax on factory machines to get humans back to work : it 's a great idea , and why not take it further and ban construction machinery from the roads to get the shovels back into navvies ' hands — and no doubt computers can be included under the tax , so that in no time , in a dramatic return to Victorian values , while the Belgian economy may not actually start booming , the country will have the world 's biggest quill pen industry . |
| 15 | If so , then why not take it along to the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum next Tuesday and let it be admired . |
| 16 | ‘ Why not try it just this once , ’ Herbert said persuasively . |
| 17 | If it is too drastic to jump in at the deep end with such a sweeping change , why not try it out in experimental matches , festival or night matches ? |
| 18 | As that is so expensive to collect , why not abolish it now ? |