Example sentences of "why [pron] do not [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I wonder why everyone does n't see that , ’ she remarked . |
| 2 | Their message was : ‘ You see why I did not want Mrs. Bonnard to hear this . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ That is why I did not arrive until late on Wednesday evening . |
| 4 | The car is not registered in my name , so I suppose that is why I did not receive a reminder . |
| 5 | I used to view the European Community as being an economic and political bloc confronting the East and COMECON , and that is why I did not believe that it was uniting Europe . |
| 6 | I 'm damned if I know why I did n't tell you in the first place , back when all this started happening . |
| 7 | Do n't know why I did n't think of it sooner . |
| 8 | I do n't know why I did n't think of it myself . |
| 9 | I mean that 's all it , as I say , I do n't know why I did n't think of it cos in the she well I do know why I did n't think of |
| 10 | I mean that 's all it , as I say , I do n't know why I did n't think of it cos in the she well I do know why I did n't think of |
| 11 | And that was also why I did n't leave you a note explaining what we were up to as Jeff told me to . |
| 12 | ‘ Anyway , everyone kept asking why I did n't do my own brand amps and so about ‘ 86 I started . |
| 13 | Well I think he would have enjoyed it too much to be quite honest with you that 's why I did n't do it . |
| 14 | Cos it , come out with , I did n't , it 's a , it 's not the fat , that 's why I did n't do it . |
| 15 | I do n't , I do n't know why I did n't abandon the pair of you at birth ! |
| 16 | That would explain why I did n't recognize her . |
| 17 | ‘ That is precisely why I did n't want you to come to the hospital . |
| 18 | ‘ This is why I did n't want to bring you , ’ he said finally . |
| 19 | ‘ So now you know why I did n't want you to be known as my girlfriend , Anne . |
| 20 | That 's why I did n't want to go to the edge because I wanted to try and do my own . |
| 21 | I reckon now you might see why I did n't want to come home . |
| 22 | Well , now you know her story , and you 'll understand why I did n't want it to happen to you . |
| 23 | He 's certainly alert , that 's why I did n't want to ring the bell , |
| 24 | I do n't know why I did n't start buying them actually |
| 25 | What I did n't understand was why I did n't feel happy walking down the street afterwards . |
| 26 | I stood by the phone prodding away at my mind with the unanswerable rationalizations , wondering why I did n't feel happier and better now I 'd decided . |
| 27 | Erm , I er have never known such a question asked in this council chamber where referring to members of parliament er in in er and that is why I did n't feel it necessary |
| 28 | I ca n't really handle rum , that 's why I did n't drink any last night . |
| 29 | I think that was half the reason why I did n't go down the doctors . |
| 30 | ‘ Why I did n't go to bed with Warren Beatty ’ by actress Sean Young |