Example sentences of "why [pers pn] [verb] [not/n't] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I still could n't fathom why I did n't altogether trust the man , ‘ I must be off , ’ I muttered and returned to lim . |
| 2 | ‘ Women like you turn my stomach ! ’ he grated harshly , and , clearly fed up to the teeth with her , ‘ I do n't know why I do n't just terminate your employment and get rid of you ! ’ |
| 3 | I used to enjoy sex , he ca n't understand why I do n't anymore . |
| 4 | Cats do n't usually take to car travel , that 's why I do n't often take any of mine with me , and shutting them up in cages goes against the grain , but my sister 's two Burmese love the car , they 'll go and sit in the car when it parked . |
| 5 | I do n't know why I do n't how that works |
| 6 | That 's why I do n't ever do any work . |
| 7 | It was one more reason why she had n't ever wanted to see him again . |
| 8 | Candy would pounce on that like a terrier , demanding to know why she did n't just tell him to get lost . |
| 9 | ‘ As a nurse , I could not understand why she did not directly approach the hospitals concerned , for at that time I had little doubt that she would have received informed , prompt , honest replies . ’ |
| 10 | But I do n't understand why she has n't just earned the money and gone off somewhere . |
| 11 | ‘ Mind telling me , sir , why you did n't just wait in the twenty-minute car-park ? |
| 12 | That 's why you do n't just get a print-out every month from us ; you get a set of charge forms . |
| 13 | ‘ If you intend me to infer that she was pregnant , then for the life of me I can see no reason why you do n't actually say so . |
| 14 | I am still puzzled , to this day , as to why we did n't simply demand a refund and leave ; probably because we had all been looking forward to getting away so much that we were prepared to tolerate anything . |
| 15 | And 40 years ago you — or rather your semi-erect ancestors — were asking us why we did n't just change our name to New Accordion Express . |
| 16 | It may not help us to catch more fish , but it could help us to understand why we have n't when we feel we ought to have . |
| 17 | Neither Quasp nor Blast exist , although we 've heard that enough worried Mancs have been asking about their location , wondering why they had n't yet heard about them . |
| 18 | ‘ But what I ca n't understand is why they did n't just take our project in the first place . |
| 19 | So he had to stand there , in the office of the Roadworking Operatives Supervisor in the Islington Council Seven Sisters Road Highways Department Depot , sweating like a pig and wondering why they did n't just get on with it and sack him as he listened to Mr Smith and his eyes hurt and he could smell his own body-odour again . |
| 20 | Of course , they are being treated with the contempt they deserve and you have to wonder why they do n't just get a life … |
| 21 | I do n't know why they do n't just open the gates and let us all out now . ’ |
| 22 | I do n't know why they do n't just keep the to- bloody-gether . |
| 23 | why they do n't just put a screen up |
| 24 | All that helps to explain why businessmen are keen to talk up prospects in official surveys and why they do n't really believe all that they say . |
| 25 | I do nt know why they do nt just leave an outside broadcast team with them on a permanent basis . |
| 26 | An elderly female novelist had come in at a quarter to six and Penelope had found herself trying to explain why her latest novel had not been reviewed in the Sunday Telegraph , why it had not been advertised more widely , why copies had not been displayed on the bookstall of a friend 's local station , why it had not yet been reprinted . |
| 27 | Even after all this time , they still speak ill of him ; why it does not therefore make me , his victim , welcome among People I do not know . |
| 28 | ) I f he 's that frightened , though , I do n't know why he does n't just throw it out . |
| 29 | He knew he would n't be able to and now , as he swung himself out of bed , Ray Plummer wondered why he had n't just sat in front of the television until the time came . |
| 30 | Sometimes , if he thought one of the girls did n't know what he was doing , he 'd go into a long explanation of why he had n't actually tasted the stuff . |