Example sentences of "why not [verb] [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So why not do it then ? |
| 2 | But if testing is not absolutely essential to the modern bomb-builder , why not abandon it anyway — as a gesture of goodwill to the have-nots ? |
| 3 | Why not give them away while saying , " Look here , have it , so long as you spend the proceeds on buying buses . " . |
| 4 | The NEDC Committee suggests that one of these could be transplanted to October — but why not move them further apart , and add another in the autumn ? |
| 5 | Why not telephone me here to arrange a chat ? |
| 6 | So why not link them together in a grand Tichka Plateau to Jbel Toubkal trek ? the tantalisingly unknown descent of the Nfis went on our programme ‘ for immediate attention ’ and uniquely , we involved both Mohammed and Aziz in a co-operative venture . |
| 7 | ‘ Why not tell her now ? ’ said Rachaela , shrinking and cruel at once . |
| 8 | ‘ It will all come out when you have caught the murderers , why not tell me now ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ You would have heard officially on Monday but I thought why not tell you now and save you a week-end 's worry . |
| 10 | ‘ So why not join me there tonight in the enchanted garden and form your own opinion ? ’ |
| 11 | Thousands of your fellow RAC members already carry the card , why not join them today ? |
| 12 | On Monday Bill Heine will be here at this time , so why not join him then ? |
| 13 | Why not join us again here at the Cheltenham festival on Central South tomorrow . |
| 14 | Why not use it today and keep it handy for future checks ? |
| 15 | ‘ When it 's time to sleep , why not set her here on the chair to watch over you ? ’ |
| 16 | Why not claim her now , and forever ? |
| 17 | Why not put them there ? |
| 18 | After all , the stuff has to go somewhere : why not put it as far as possible from people , where it poses no threat to drinking water and little threat ( fisheries apart ) to food ? |
| 19 | ‘ Our Astropath might mention the content to his Lordship later on , so why not divulge it now ? ’ |
| 20 | " Why not take it downstairs , mamma ? " whispered Gemma . |
| 21 | Pace the unjustified slur , naming 10 famous Belgians is easy , even if the Singing Nun , the Mannekin Pis and Hercule Poirot are declared ineligible ( and Jacques Brel counts five of most other countries ' famous people in our book ) — and there could just be another one soon , in the person of Finance Minister Philippe Maystadt , who could become the father of a whole new economics after his proposal that Belgium levy a robot tax on factory machines to get humans back to work : it 's a great idea , and why not take it further and ban construction machinery from the roads to get the shovels back into navvies ' hands — and no doubt computers can be included under the tax , so that in no time , in a dramatic return to Victorian values , while the Belgian economy may not actually start booming , the country will have the world 's biggest quill pen industry . |
| 22 | The secret of both recipes is bringing out the natural fruit flavours — why not try them soon ? |
| 23 | Du n no enough about Tinkler , what about Sharp as well I 'm all for the youth team comming into the premier league side so why not try them more this year . |
| 24 | ‘ Why not try it just this once , ’ Herbert said persuasively . |
| 25 | As that is so expensive to collect , why not abolish it now ? |