Example sentences of "did not [pers pn] just [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Why did n't you just turn the knob ? |
| 32 | ‘ So why did n't you just look for another job , instead of involving yourself in such a risky undertaking ? ’ |
| 33 | ‘ So why did n't you just come clean about it ? |
| 34 | If you were so set on helping me then why did n't you just come straight over and … ’ |
| 35 | Did n't you just agree to a truce ? |
| 36 | Why did n't I just post them to her ? |
| 37 | Did n't I said , did n't I just said , I I just said get off my bum . |
| 38 | I honestly did n't I just brought it up . |
| 39 | Fabian grumbles : ‘ Ah , why did n't I just go to Hungary as well … |
| 40 | Why on earth did n't I just tell Luke everything and get the hell out ? |
| 41 | ‘ Did n't I just know it ! |
| 42 | Did n't I just know it ! ’ the Californian curses . |
| 43 | ‘ Did n't I just say so ? ’ |
| 44 | Did n't I just say it was Sadie ? ’ |
| 45 | Did n't I just say it . |
| 46 | I mean all I I did n't I just did exactly what I was told . |
| 47 | I said I did n't think her opinion was worth very much : if that was the opinion she had of her husband then naturally he preferred someone who admired , loved , trusted and desired him , and why did n't she just go away ? |
| 48 | Julia felt nothing for that child , she did n't like her , she did n't hate her , I mean she , she did n't she just felt nothing cos that 's precisely what she told me , that 's her words , not mine , you know and I find then , that , she should n't be a childminder |
| 49 | erm she 's got a family Margaret , she said she wo n't go there any more she I , I do n't know whether that er Jean does so Did n't she just cotton on quickly , she said do you know that , I said why do I want anybody wandering in my house and my kitchen , I said it 's a bit like it 's clean , why should I have somebody sort of , well I mean just because I 'm doing cooking , she said you would n't stop fancy one , you never know , she said well unless you want to stop at the , please do n't , you 'll let me still have your jam wo n't you ? |
| 50 | Why did n't she just leave , Charlie was used to it . |
| 51 | Once she 'd put the phone down on him the previous night she 'd regretted her skittish way with him , and , after a heart-to-heart with Marlin in which she 'd told him she wanted to go back to England , and he 'd replied that it would all seem different in the morning and why did n't she just take a pill and lie down , she 'd decided to call him back . |
| 52 | It would be easy enough to ask him straight if there was any truth in it , so why did n't she just come on out and ask ? |
| 53 | Why did n't he just go while she could still maintain some degree of composure , this deliberate distancing of herself from the rapture that had possessed her before the telephone rang ? |
| 54 | Why did n't he just stay where he was behind the vehi Everyone else was taking their time . |
| 55 | Why did n't he just say she looked absolutely wonderful ? |
| 56 | If that was what the speaker intended to say , why did n't he just say it ? |
| 57 | A wild idea occurred to him — why did n't he just get his spare shirts and the few pieces that he 'd picked up while he 'd been staying here , throw them all into a bag , and jump on a train or a bus to present himself on their doorstep ? |
| 58 | Why did n't he just vomit in public like some of his colleagues ? |