Example sentences of "why do n't [pron] take " in BNC.
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| 1 | Like a dutiful citizen , I checked in with the Usher and he looked at his clipboard and said there would be about a fifteen-minute wait , so why did n't I take a seat ? |
| 2 | ‘ Why did n't anyone take her to the veterinary hospital ? |
| 3 | Why did n't he take himself off , somewhere else ? |
| 4 | He would have been even more surprised if he could have read Coffin 's thoughts : If the lad wanted to drive away , why did n't he take Rose 's car ? |
| 5 | Why did n't he take that with him and put it in for a minute , for god 's sake . |
| 6 | ‘ If it 's such a good idea , why did n't you take Patrick to the Foundling ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I 've got to look over my shoulder , because there 's always somebody that says ‘ Well , why did n't you take a stat sample ? ’ |
| 8 | And somebody says ‘ Why did n't you take a stat ? |
| 9 | So why did n't you take her , John thinks . |
| 10 | Well why did n't you take them ? |
| 11 | When , when you 'd gone Lindsey said well why did n't you take me . |
| 12 | Why did n't you take yours ? |
| 13 | To cut a long story short , next time music retailers start moaning about the recession why do n't they take a good look in the mirror and ask themselves who actually feeds them ? |
| 14 | ‘ Why do n't they take a course of adult education ? |
| 15 | And you could quite rightly think , Why do n't they take their turn ? |
| 16 | A number of dances later when the two of them were quite relaxed and thoroughly enjoying themselves , Nevil said , ‘ Why do n't we take a breather ? |
| 17 | ‘ And after lunch she said , why do n't we take the car and go and look at this siege in Balcombe Street ? |
| 18 | And since it looks as if we 're all goin' to the same place , why do n't we take our kit to the left luggage then see if we ca n't find that canteen ? ’ |
| 19 | Why do n't we take it to some safe place a hundred miles away and dump it at the bottom of the deep blue sea ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Why do n't we take her out to dinner ? ’ said Lili . |
| 21 | Why do n't we take a drive down to the station to talk things out ? |
| 22 | So why do n't we take it from there ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Why do n't we take Harry out to dinner at the club ? |
| 24 | Now , ’ he added , rising to his feet and taking the plate from her hand , ‘ it 's a beautiful moonlit night — so why do n't we take a walk in the garden , and you can tell me all about the history of your old family home ? ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Yes , I think so , but why do n't we take my car ? ’ |
| 26 | Why do n't we take that to the kitchen then , it 'll be out of the way . |
| 27 | Why do n't we take out from access , so takes out a job number , sorry from accounts and just say take out a job number . |
| 28 | Why do n't yous take the train to Bangor ? |
| 29 | ‘ Why do n't you take me back to my house and I 'll try some other way ? ’ |
| 30 | — If you know about it , why do n't you take it ? |