Example sentences of "why do n't you do " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now if one was missing , there 'd be a report ; ‘ Why did n't you do this ? |
| 2 | ‘ Why did n't you do that when you first arrived ? |
| 3 | Why did n't you do something years ago , Mam ? |
| 4 | ‘ Why did n't you do something ? ’ she charged , walking towards him and halting a foot away . |
| 5 | Why did n't you do something ! ’ |
| 6 | So so when he 'd done it he said well two hundred and fifty quid I heard him and he said but I suppose you know the of it oh I do n't know and he said why did n't you do it ? |
| 7 | Why did n't you do it , start it earlier ? |
| 8 | Why did n't you do something about it ? |
| 9 | why did n't you do it on the way home ? |
| 10 | Why did n't you do that when we were here ? |
| 11 | So why do n't you do as I say and drop it ? |
| 12 | Why do n't you do a page a month looking at the old struggles of the 60's/70's/80 's and what the situation is now . |
| 13 | Be careful not to qualify praise ( do not , for instance , say , ‘ Thank you for taking out the rubbish — why do n't you do that all the time ? ’ ) . |
| 14 | I 'm sure you 'll come up with all kinds of ideas of your own , but for starters why do n't you do something you know really well — the world of fashion . ’ |
| 15 | Why do n't you do something useful like clearing out the kitchen ? |
| 16 | Why do n't you do something that will get you somewhere , Karim ? ’ |
| 17 | Tugging the jeans over her thighs , she said : ‘ Why do n't you do something about that bitch at Larksoken , the one suing Neil ? |
| 18 | We had a glimpse of that with ‘ Nothing Compares 2 U ’ ( she cried , we cried too … ) and she does n't staunch the flow ( ‘ Can you really say you 're not in pain , like me ? ’ — ‘ Speech ’ ’ ) Do n't be fooled by the slight swagger of ‘ Why Do n't You Do Right ? ’ , the fragile , breathy innocence of her ‘ Bewitched , Bothered And Bewildered ’ , we 're just warming up to those where's-my-baby-blues of ‘ Black Coffee ’ . |
| 19 | Why do n't you do The Trojans ? ’ . ’ |
| 20 | " Why do n't you do something useful like sewing ? |
| 21 | ‘ Why do n't you do the social and economic consequences of the Great Plague of the Twentieth Century ? ’ his mum wanted to know . |
| 22 | So you could see the pattern yourself and make it easier and a lot of the time at school when the teacher 's telling you , Why do n't you do it this way ? they 're not trying to make it harder for you . |
| 23 | Your teachers can say , Oh why do n't you do this . |
| 24 | I 'll go back to London , I 'll move to a new district , I 'll start seeing Sophie on a regular basis , I 'll do my job as if I were any competent lawyer , and I 've come here alone , you bastard , so why do n't you do whatever you 've got in mind ? |
| 25 | He came out of the bedclothes and said , ‘ While I 'm laid up like this , why do n't you do a few concerts on your own ? ’ |
| 26 | Eloise , why do n't you do something remarkable in Adolph 's memory ? ’ |
| 27 | why do n't you do this ? |
| 28 | Why do n't you do what John is doing , where he 's |
| 29 | ‘ Why do n't you do it ? ’ |
| 30 | I could n't say ‘ Why do n't you do this for me ? ’ or ‘ I want this or that . ’ |