Example sentences of "why they [vb base] not [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't know why they have n't done it before . |
| 2 | Why they have n't emulated the success story of the good but overrated Ride remains a mystery . |
| 3 | Why they have n't emulated the success story of the good but overrated Ride remains a mystery . |
| 4 | And er that 's why they have n't got in contact and that . |
| 5 | ‘ If he 's that crazy , I do n't know why they have n't caught him yet , ’ Jamie said . |
| 6 | I never understand why they have n't tried acting . |
| 7 | I wonder why they have n't burnt . |
| 8 | These men are bitterly wondering why they have not had more thanks for nursing Hungary towards democracy . |
| 9 | These questions are so plainly hard to answer that it is worth pausing to consider why they have not had more effect on the development of International Relations theories . |
| 10 | I do n't know why they do n't wash nappies , we used to do it , I can remember washing them |
| 11 | There were eight no 's , would anybo , would any of the eight no 's like to explain why they do n't welcome advances ? |
| 12 | You ca n't understand why they do n't calm her down |
| 13 | Well why they do n't lock it ! |
| 14 | That 's why they do n't go anywhere you see . |
| 15 | She says but I do n't why they do n't tells the old man they told me . |
| 16 | I mean , it 's unbelievable , you know th er , he 's done so many breweries and yet why they do n't talk to wo well I mean they must talk to one another . |
| 17 | why they do n't change over in this country because we 're the odd one out and if they make cars they 've got ta make them with the steering wheel one side or the other |
| 18 | That is a pig of a road , I must admit , I do n't know why they do n't make it into a dual carriage way . |
| 19 | That 's why they do n't sack people like that . |
| 20 | So erm if you ask them why they do n't do a certain thing you get a very very elaborate argument about it , which is often very difficult to er to er criticize or , or , or attack . |
| 21 | Why the people who cut the actual grass that people walk on erm I do n't know , why they do n't do that job properly . |
| 22 | I do n't know why they do n't clear out all the very old ones and then put some people in there ! |
| 23 | Alternatively , they may say why they do n't like it — bitter , but still useful . |
| 24 | It 's like expecting the class system to change once the workers have explained to the ruling class why they do n't like poverty ; or racism to go away once blacks have made clear why they find it oppressive . |
| 25 | That 's one of the reasons why they do n't like doing this kind of thing that the did this morning , because they do n't want to affect the project in any way , and I think the management takes advantage of that . |
| 26 | That 's why they do n't let you have the Walkman . |
| 27 | ‘ Women ask themselves why they do n't look like us , ’ she remarks in Lindbergh 's film . |
| 28 | But I 'll touch on the reason why they do n't need those condition in a few minutes . |
| 29 | You said that 's why they do n't need three people in their team . |
| 30 | D' ya know why they do n't know it exists ? |