Example sentences of "why i [verb] n't [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only after they were built did the Manager of Shawcraft ask me why I had n't made the base more cone-shaped . |
| 2 | Was that why I had n't wanted to believe the rumours ? |
| 3 | It was so obvious I could n't imagine why I had n't seen it before . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | That 's why I had n't taken anything with me . ’ |
| 6 | He was wondering why I had n't returned his call . |
| 7 | I wondered why I had n't thought of this before . |
| 8 | I 'm damned if I know why I did n't tell you in the first place , back when all this started happening . |
| 9 | Do n't know why I did n't think of it sooner . |
| 10 | I do n't know why I did n't think of it myself . |
| 11 | 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 |
| 12 | 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 |
| 13 | And that was also why I did n't leave you a note explaining what we were up to as Jeff told me to . |
| 14 | ‘ Anyway , everyone kept asking why I did n't do my own brand amps and so about ‘ 86 I started . |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | I do n't , I do n't know why I did n't abandon the pair of you at birth ! |
| 18 | That would explain why I did n't recognize her . |
| 19 | ‘ That is precisely why I did n't want you to come to the hospital . |
| 20 | ‘ This is why I did n't want to bring you , ’ he said finally . |
| 21 | ‘ So now you know why I did n't want you to be known as my girlfriend , Anne . |
| 22 | That 's why I did n't want to go to the edge because I wanted to try and do my own . |
| 23 | I reckon now you might see why I did n't want to come home . |
| 24 | Well , now you know her story , and you 'll understand why I did n't want it to happen to you . |
| 25 | He 's certainly alert , that 's why I did n't want to ring the bell , |
| 26 | I do n't know why I did n't start buying them actually |
| 27 | What I did n't understand was why I did n't feel happy walking down the street afterwards . |
| 28 | I stood by the phone prodding away at my mind with the unanswerable rationalizations , wondering why I did n't feel happier and better now I 'd decided . |
| 29 | Erm , I er have never known such a question asked in this council chamber where referring to members of parliament er in in er and that is why I did n't feel it necessary |
| 30 | I ca n't really handle rum , that 's why I did n't drink any last night . |