Example sentences of "do [adv] [pron] say [adv] " in BNC.

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1 And I said or shall I it might not be done then I said so I 'll have to air them .
2 ‘ Why did not you say so then ! ’
3 All you get is contempt , did n't they say so ?
4 Did n't you say somewhere in St Austell ?
5 ‘ Well why the flamin' hell did n't you say so ? ’
6 ‘ Why did n't you say so before ? ’ exclaimed the Bookman .
7 ‘ Then why did n't you say so ? ’
8 Why the hell did n't you say so ? ’
9 Why did n't you say so before ?
10 " Well , why the bloody Hell did n't you say so out there when we was with them instead of making me look like a bloody fool ? "
11 ‘ Then why did n't you say so at first ?
12 ‘ Why did n't you say so earlier ?
13 ‘ Why did n't you say so before ? ’
14 ‘ Then why on earth did n't you say so at the time ? ’
15 ‘ But , Caro , why did n't you say so before ?
16 Well , why did n't you say so in the first place ? ’
17 If you wanted the report handed in by a certain day , why did n't you say so ?
18 Oh now why did n't you say so beforehand !
19 Did n't you say so ?
20 Why did n't you say so then instead of
21 The other thing that 's annoying about that is it then forces you into a completely useless small conversation such as : is that so-and-so ? and they say ‘ yes ’ , and you then feel like , they say ‘ yes ’ , as much as to say ‘ Well , why did n't you know that anyway ’ , and then you feel like saying , ‘ Well why did n't you say so ! ’ and you start off on the wrong foot .
22 ‘ Why did n't you say before that you — ? ’
23 Did n't she say where she 'd been working ?
24 Why did n't he write more , why did n't he say where he was ?
25 So to the middle-aged man who came up to me in the car park and confessed that in the fifth form he had been silently in love with me — why did n't he say so at the time ?
26 ‘ Why did n't he say so ? ’
27 His voice changed to a snarl : ‘ Then why the hell did n't he say so ? ’
28 Why do n't you say right out ‘ this middle-class westernized Pakistani girl called Nerina ’ ?
29 ‘ If you 've got a better idea , why do n't you say so ? ’
30 He says do n't he say far
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