Example sentences of "why [vb base] you not [verb] " in BNC.

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No	Sentence
1	Why do you not want our own place ? ’
2	‘ Why do you not want to tell your parents ? ’
3	Why do you not realise that it has to be stopped , and that you 're the ones to do it !
4	Why do you not recognize us ?
5	Why do you not suggest that brides , or their mothers , make their dresses ?
6	‘ Then why do you not go to bed ? ’
7	Why do you not go to a provincial university meantime , and perhaps win a scholarship to Oxford from there ?
8	But why do you not tell the authorities , petition the Council ? ’
9	‘ Why do you not speak to Chambers ? ’
10	‘ As you voted for me , ’ he told that turbulent Labour MP , ‘ why do you not support my authority or at least let me know beforehand what you intend to do ? ’
11	‘ Why do you not vent your crusading zeal in an article for the Star ? ’ he asked .
12	Why do you not understand my needs as a woman ?
13	‘ Why do you not let me take my participation a stage further ? ’
14	‘ Why do you not join him ? ’
15	‘ If you are so certain , ’ she prompted , ‘ why do you not close your business and come to London ? ’
16	Why do you not steal from shops ?
17	Why do you not remember the words of Brillat Savarin : the pot must smile .
18	‘ Why do you not believe ? ’ it said .
19	‘ Why do you not need protection ? ’
20	‘ So why do you not come out ? ’ asked the guru .
21	‘ Then , if you think that I have overstated the reality , why do you not come with me into the slums of Whitechapel or Limehouse ?
22	‘ Why have you not asked me for tools , instead of breaking your finger-nails and your heart on firewood and trash ? ’
23	Why have you not done so ?
24	" Why have you not turned up to cook my tea ? " he demanded .
25	‘ Then why have you not spoken out and accused him ? ’ demanded Hotspur warmly .
26	Why have you not got ?
27	‘ Why have you not rung me , Carlo ? ’

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