Example sentences of "did [not/n't] [pers pn] say [adv] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Why did not you say so then ! ’
2 All you get is contempt , did n't they say so ?
3 Did n't you say somewhere in St Austell ?
4 ‘ Well why the flamin' hell did n't you say so ? ’
5 ‘ Why did n't you say so before ? ’ exclaimed the Bookman .
6 ‘ Then why did n't you say so ? ’
7 Why the hell did n't you say so ? ’
8 Why did n't you say so before ?
9 " 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 ? "
10 ‘ Then why did n't you say so at first ?
11 ‘ Why did n't you say so earlier ?
12 ‘ Why did n't you say so before ? ’
13 ‘ Then why on earth did n't you say so at the time ? ’
14 ‘ But , Caro , why did n't you say so before ?
15 Well , why did n't you say so in the first place ? ’
16 If you wanted the report handed in by a certain day , why did n't you say so ?
17 Oh now why did n't you say so beforehand !
18 Did n't you say so ?
19 Why did n't you say so then instead of
20 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 .
21 ‘ Why did n't you say before that you — ? ’
22 Did n't she say where she 'd been working ?
23 Why did n't he write more , why did n't he say where he was ?
24 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 ?
25 ‘ Why did n't he say so ? ’
26 His voice changed to a snarl : ‘ Then why the hell did n't he say so ? ’
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