Example sentences of "why [pers pn] [verb] [not/n't] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't know why I 've not noticed it before . |
| 2 | This is it , I 've tried , this is why I 've not talked to somebody else about it , because nobody else is listening . |
| 3 | Only after they were built did the Manager of Shawcraft ask me why I had n't made the base more cone-shaped . |
| 4 | Was that why I had n't wanted to believe the rumours ? |
| 5 | It was so obvious I could n't imagine why I had n't seen it before . |
| 6 | I wondered why I had n't had the wit to take the starveling cat to Mother Joseph as soon as I knew that Nour might kill it . |
| 7 | That 's why I had n't taken anything with me . ’ |
| 8 | He was wondering why I had n't returned his call . |
| 9 | I wondered why I had n't thought of this before . |
| 10 | So when asked why I had not told her the whole story , I replied , ‘ Because you never asked me . ’ |
| 11 | The bells have far more impact , and tempos are more extreme — to the benefit of the first two fast movements , but to the detriment I think of the following two slow ones ( which reminded me why I had not responded more positively first time round ) . |
| 12 | Their message was : ‘ You see why I did not want Mrs. Bonnard to hear this . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ That is why I did not arrive until late on Wednesday evening . |
| 14 | The car is not registered in my name , so I suppose that is why I did not receive a reminder . |
| 15 | I used to view the European Community as being an economic and political bloc confronting the East and COMECON , and that is why I did not believe that it was uniting Europe . |
| 16 | I 'm damned if I know why I did n't tell you in the first place , back when all this started happening . |
| 17 | Do n't know why I did n't think of it sooner . |
| 18 | I do n't know why I did n't think of it myself . |
| 19 | I mean that 's all it , as I say , I do n't know why I did n't think of it cos in the she well I do know why I did n't think of |
| 20 | I mean that 's all it , as I say , I do n't know why I did n't think of it cos in the she well I do know why I did n't think of |
| 21 | And that was also why I did n't leave you a note explaining what we were up to as Jeff told me to . |
| 22 | ‘ Anyway , everyone kept asking why I did n't do my own brand amps and so about ‘ 86 I started . |
| 23 | Well I think he would have enjoyed it too much to be quite honest with you that 's why I did n't do it . |
| 24 | Cos it , come out with , I did n't , it 's a , it 's not the fat , that 's why I did n't do it . |
| 25 | I do n't , I do n't know why I did n't abandon the pair of you at birth ! |
| 26 | That would explain why I did n't recognize her . |
| 27 | ‘ That is precisely why I did n't want you to come to the hospital . |
| 28 | ‘ This is why I did n't want to bring you , ’ he said finally . |
| 29 | ‘ So now you know why I did n't want you to be known as my girlfriend , Anne . |
| 30 | That 's why I did n't want to go to the edge because I wanted to try and do my own . |