Example sentences of "why do [adv] [pers pn] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 31 | There is something wrong with the relationships , there is as well as somebody doing the abuse , there are other people who are somehow complicit in the abuse because they 're allowing it to go on , they must have known , surely they must have known , why did n't they do something ? |
| 32 | Why did n't they last when Edward tried to go further , she wondered ? |
| 33 | ‘ And why did n't they eat the fruit themselves ? ’ |
| 34 | Why did n't they go straight to agricultural college ? |
| 35 | ‘ But if they wanted to kidnap you , why did n't they make a better job of it ? ’ asked Jack . |
| 36 | ‘ Why did n't they make Ashi write it ? |
| 37 | Why did n't they have jobs like other people ? |
| 38 | Why did n't they put it into something solid and endurable ? |
| 39 | Why did n't they use a spotlight ? |
| 40 | Margaret panicked , she 'd got the wrong number , the wrong place , the wrong advertisement , why did n't they get off the line , why did n't they leave her — |
| 41 | Why did n't they get out ? |
| 42 | You know , because this , were they slacking in some way , why did n't they get twenty ? |
| 43 | why did n't they get rid of the train to Banbury ? |
| 44 | Well why did n't they get a mile away from where they put that money they could 've , they could 've been planned it away , a mile away all |
| 45 | ‘ Why did n't they tie you up or guard you or something ? ’ |
| 46 | Why did n't they call it ‘ Psychology for People ’ ? |
| 47 | Why did n't they produce a grandstand actually full of people ? ) complete Turkish prison with 6 of the ‘ best fans in the world ’ contained inside . |
| 48 | ‘ Why did n't they let me take Drama ? |
| 49 | Why why why did n't they work , you said they di very seldom |
| 50 | If they had their men inside our organisation , why did n't they act over Helmstadt ? ’ |
| 51 | Why did n't they come and visit me , Mum and Dad ? |
| 52 | Well why did n't they ask us then ? |
| 53 | I 'm actually concerned that if we , did anybody know about this issue earlier on because I think this has been going on for quite some time erm probably over the last two years and if anyone did know then why did n't they address it before and if anyone did n't know , why not ? |
| 54 | Why did n't they supply you with an adaptor ? |
| 55 | ‘ Then why did n't they kill you immediately ? ’ |
| 56 | Why did n't they kill me off ? |
| 57 | Why did n't they join him ? |
| 58 | Why did n't they wait for the passengers to get off first , instead of squeezing themselves , their sacks of wheat and bicycles on at the same time that others were dragging their possessions off ? |
| 59 | ‘ Why did n't they wait for me ? ’ |
| 60 | Why did n't yous come out ? |