Example sentences of "why we [verb] not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I ca n't think why we did n't hold the ball outside , ’ said Ayling coming in with newspapers under his arm . |
| 2 | I wondered why we did n't do a bit more for them . |
| 3 | The last words of his opening contribution say : I feel sure that the time will come when people will ask why we did n't do more in this day and age to preserve those wise traditions that form mankind 's lifeline with the profoundly mysterious laws of the universe . |
| 4 | about erm why we did n't use bilingual staff for one of the particular dates . |
| 5 | why we did n't hear , what was thirteen . |
| 6 | The entrepreneurial Elizabeth Taylor ( no relation ) read an article about organic markets in France , les Marches Biologiques , and wondered why we did n't have any here . |
| 7 | Directly into a drain , so we never s that 's why we did n't see it , because the water was actually pouring down a drain , so of course we did n't see the water lolling up the waterlogged ground , otherwise we 'd have spotted it earlier . |
| 8 | ‘ I do n't know why we did n't notice , Mil , ’ said Maud , rallying to her friend 's side . |
| 9 | Now Vinnie will realise why we did not sit down in the pub . |
| 10 | Given the history of European developments in the past 20 years , those people will also want to know why we did not learn from Britain 's earlier mistake . |
| 11 | They will want to know why we did not join the Community at its inception and fashion the very fabric of it to our advantage . |
| 12 | They will want to know why we did not appreciate the inconvenience and stupidity of having to change currency constantly as one moved from country to country in the Community . |
| 13 | Unfortunately , all the Government have done is to ask why we did not support the purchase of council houses or the provisions for grant-maintained schools . |
| 14 | We will be asked why we did not see the importance of the emerging European bloc on our doorstep . |
| 15 | ‘ That 's why we did not get tied up to a long deal before . |
| 16 | But I think you will understand why we do not regret staging a grand wedding for Annabelle and Steven . |
| 17 | ‘ the layman may well wonder why we do not consult the Parliamentary Debates , for we are much more likely to find the intention of Parliament there than anywhere else . |
| 18 | This is one reason why we do not restrict the use of " style " to what we have called stylistic variation , ie " styled " . |
| 19 | The actual tensile strength of ordinary glass and ceramics can be quite high ; the reason why we do not make motor cars , for instance , from them is not that they are weak but that they are far too brittle . |
| 20 | This is why we do not want to abandon the term inner city , either analytically or politically , only to ground it in the academic debates which have reproduced it conceptually , the political debates that have refashioned it discursively and , most significantly , the social injustices and inequalities that lend the term its emotive power and mobilising force . |
| 21 | Will the Minister explain why we do not have an overall monitoring system to ensure that transport users get value for money and that there is a proper service , especially for those in rural areas ? |
| 22 | The reason why we do not notice surface tensions in solids is not that the surface tensions are weak but rather that solids are too rigid to be visibly distorted by them . |
| 23 | What puzzles me is why we do n't do the obvious and go and find him . |
| 24 | And that 's why we do n't make money on carriage forwards cos we do n't sell carriage forwards for the positive reasons , we say , well if they do n't want them send them back , or if they 're damaged send them back . |
| 25 | Another thing is , I 'll tell why we do n't want er , they always having valuations , they are , they come and value it , and then they give us money . |
| 26 | No , that 's why , that 's why we do n't want to get rid of it to anyone , just in case they chop it up |
| 27 | That 's why we do n't go there . |
| 28 | Like Edward she knew the ‘ reason why we do n't marry is not our immaturity but impecuniousness ’ . |
| 29 | I do n't know why we do n't throw them away ; perhaps we are charting our progress . |
| 30 | But there are all sorts of reasons why we do n't get that news , one guy said well if we wanted to do it I know if we wanted to make the news that , according to the level of human suffering we 'd start off with Ethiopia then we 'd have the Kurdish problem and you know just made a living of disaster areas around the world , he said we might of finished up with a light hearted discussion on the poll tax , you know as the , as the light , the lightener at the end of the news if you like , and our , what news we receive here depends on our perception of the world , but mainly it 's the other way round our perception of the world is , is what , you know what it , or rather the news that we get actually manufactures our perception of the world . |