Example sentences of "why they [verb] [not/n't] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When patients who did not contact their general practitioners before their attempts were questioned about why they had not gone to their doctor , it was found that many were reluctant to trouble him , some had found him unhelpful in the fist , and others thought he was unlikely to be helpful or might even be unsympathetic ( Hawton and Blackstock 1976 ) . |
| 2 | Clive wondered why they had not heard anything from downstairs . |
| 3 | He wondered aloud why they had not heard from the officer who had gone to check on the man seen with MacQuillan at the Black Friar . |
| 4 | Sam Somerville and Duncan McCrea explained at length what had happened that morning , how it had happened and why they had not foreseen it . |
| 5 | With such a low response , however , it was necessary to select some of the non-respondents in order to find out why they had not completed and returned the questionnaire , and whether their views and experiences of the Oxfordshire scheme differed significantly from those who had responded . |
| 6 | If this were the case it would explain why they had not held meetings on this occasion . |
| 7 | At no time could the department justify why they had not allowed a rabbi to visit the two Jewish children in the mainland foster homes , or permitted Quakers to visit the two Quaker children , Can all these refusals really have been in the best interests of the children ? |
| 8 | When it launched a complete make-up range last autumn , it introduced ‘ Mirror Image Consultation ’ , a new way of selling which is so simple that all the other companies were left wondering why they had n't thought of it first . |
| 9 | That is dreadful garage that did n't phone to find out why they had n't picked it up though , is n't it ? |
| 10 | This was why they had n't caught on to the idea of the ground being curved , not flat — and so had to invent an imaginary force to explain what was going on . |
| 11 | It was only when they came out of the rearmost door and found a temporary hut facing them with Radio Room marked on the door , that they realised why they had n't found it the first time . |
| 12 | I did n't know why they have n't done it before . |
| 13 | Why they have n't emulated the success story of the good but overrated Ride remains a mystery . |
| 14 | Why they have n't emulated the success story of the good but overrated Ride remains a mystery . |
| 15 | And er that 's why they have n't got in contact and that . |
| 16 | ‘ If he 's that crazy , I do n't know why they have n't caught him yet , ’ Jamie said . |
| 17 | I never understand why they have n't tried acting . |
| 18 | I wonder why they have n't burnt . |
| 19 | These men are bitterly wondering why they have not had more thanks for nursing Hungary towards democracy . |
| 20 | These questions are so plainly hard to answer that it is worth pausing to consider why they have not had more effect on the development of International Relations theories . |
| 21 | Sometimes Harriet wondered why they did not suggest that Liza brought the baby to see them , but then she thought of Lilian and knew the answer . |
| 22 | What about a feature on ‘ Where are they now ’ with comments on why they did not continue on the circuit . |
| 23 | So they gave excuses of shortage of time or involvement in other activities to explain why they did not register for the rural party cell . |
| 24 | He had nagged her about why they did not go to live at the School , instead of letting all those other people live there , and at last she told him why . |
| 25 | As to the leading reasons why they did not recycle , 37 per cent blamed a lack of collection points ; 25 per cent said they did not have enough space to store materials awaiting recycling ; 10 per cent found it too much trouble to separate out different categories of waste ; and 8 per cent cited shortage of time . |
| 26 | Why they did not use them in a manner that would almost certainly have sealed the fate of the French at Verdun seems to us almost incredible , and so indeed it seemed to contemporary German critics . |
| 27 | This might explain why they did not attend for clinical review . |
| 28 | There is no convincing scientific reason why they did not occur . |
| 29 | Maybe they simply see the ark as a visible guarantee of God 's presence and of victory , but that understanding of it is no better , for then they turn it into an idol , ascribe to it magical powers , and leave us asking why they did not take it into battle in the first place . |
| 30 | Mrs Whitehouse , in her account of the campaign , argued that the real reason why they did not wish to become involved was because of the topic of the poem — homosexuality — rather than its blasphemy . |