Example sentences of "why we do n't [verb] " 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 | What puzzles me is why we do n't do the obvious and go and find him . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | 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 |
| 13 | That 's why we do n't go there . |
| 14 | Like Edward she knew the ‘ reason why we do n't marry is not our immaturity but impecuniousness ’ . |
| 15 | I do n't know why we do n't throw them away ; perhaps we are charting our progress . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | I guess he 's wondering why we do n't kiss more often . ’ |
| 18 | I still remain a wee bit puzzled as to why we do n't try to recruit more than one member in any one large organisation , eg the exclusion of Scottish Power people simply because we have a [ Stewart ] member already . |
| 19 | We can distinguish sceptical arguments which , although they attempt to deprive us of knowledge ( or even of justified belief ) still allow that we understand the propositions whose truth we are no longer allowed to know , from those which claim that the reason why we do n't know their truth is that we can not understand them . |
| 20 | And our belief is that we 've got money to pay you that 's why we do n't delay in paying you . |
| 21 | This is why we do n't test at the ninety nine point nine nine nine nine nine percent confidence level because the higher you 'll , the smaller the probability making a type one error essentially er is significance level , right the larger the probability will make a type two error , right , a type two error denotes the power of the test . |
| 22 | The explanation that is usually given as to why we do n't see broken cups gathering themselves together off the floor and jumping back onto the table is that it is forbidden by the second law of thermodynamics . |
| 23 | Which is why we do n't use D for distance . |
| 24 | I do n't understand why we do n't apply the same logic to other mammals . |
| 25 | ‘ We choose children who will fully appreciate this trip , which is why we do n't select those who are blind . |