Example sentences of "why you do not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wonder why you did n't go . |
| 2 | Mm , just got to go and sort them out , hang on I 'm coming up , I do n't know why you did n't go in the downstairs toilet , it would of been easier for me then would n't it ? |
| 3 | I asked you what you were doing here … why you did n't send the police … ’ |
| 4 | ‘ May I ask why you did n't do that in the first place ? ’ |
| 5 | I could n't understand why you did n't do that in the first place . |
| 6 | That 's why you did n't want that other moron to hurt me . |
| 7 | I do n't know why you did n't erase it after her death . |
| 8 | In other words , if you do not receive a first grading , that is as far as you go although you get a written critique , so that you at least know why you did n't make the placings . |
| 9 | ‘ Is that why you did n't make any reference to the engine-room explosion ? ’ |
| 10 | We had to explain to them what a three-dimensional , you know , lock-up page was and why , you know , gutters were a certain width and if you had column rules and gutters , you know , why they were centered and why you could n't , if you had a wide margin below three columns of text why you did n't move the gutter beyond where the text was n't so white , or why you did n't move it down and have it join a rule here because it would have been a real pain in the arse to have to do that in metal , so you just sit and do it . |
| 11 | We had to explain to them what a three-dimensional , you know , lock-up page was and why , you know , gutters were a certain width and if you had column rules and gutters , you know , why they were centered and why you could n't , if you had a wide margin below three columns of text why you did n't move the gutter beyond where the text was n't so white , or why you did n't move it down and have it join a rule here because it would have been a real pain in the arse to have to do that in metal , so you just sit and do it . |
| 12 | What I do n't understand , ’ he added softly , ‘ is why you did n't give me a chance to tell you how it was from my point of view . |
| 13 | ‘ Is that why you did n't tell me , because you were thinking of me , of her … ’ |
| 14 | ‘ No — I do n't want you to leave , but I would like to know why you did n't tell me these things when you first arrived . ’ |
| 15 | On the other hand , there might be a different reason altogether why you did n't get any offers , or why you did n't get the exam grades you hoped for . |
| 16 | On the other hand , there might be a different reason altogether why you did n't get any offers , or why you did n't get the exam grades you hoped for . |
| 17 | ‘ That 's why you did n't get back till after nine-fifteen . |
| 18 | ‘ Suppose someone could n't understand why you did n't arrest Harry , particularly in view of all the hounding in the papers , and decided to remove any doubts you might be showing ? ’ |
| 19 | That 's why you did n't hear any of the bobsleigh cos I had the bloody thing going |
| 20 | I wonder why you did n't phone your lawyer before I ever got to the front door . ’ |
| 21 | That 's why you did n't notice anything in the spacecraft until you accelerated really hard … ’ |
| 22 | That is not to say it is the recommended method , once you have started the latch tool method of working ribs it becomes so fast as to make you wonder why you did n't try it before . |
| 23 | Is that really why you did n't come and chat ? ’ |
| 24 | " I knew exactly why you did n't come and I thought you knew why I did n't come to you . |
| 25 | I have no right and you have been very generous , Fred , Uncle Steve and the boys and Gertie ca n't understand why you did n't come here with us , Gert only said this morning that you ought to be here , your place is with us , but do n't think I am not grateful . |
| 26 | This will spare them the necessity of checking to find out why you did n't acknowledge the call . |
| 27 | For instance , if you were given , say , poetry , and you could n't get on with it , he would n't sort of force you into it , he 'd sort of talk it over and find out why you did n't like it , could n't get on with it , and then he 'd put you on to something else you did like … |
| 28 | ‘ What I do n't understand is why you did n't say all this before . |
| 29 | Jamie was why you got back on the horse , why you did n't say if you were afraid when they stitched the cut on your face after the brakes on the bike failed . |
| 30 | ‘ May I ask why you did n't say anything when I explained what I was doing in Venice ? ’ |