Example sentences of "why they do [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | What about a feature on ‘ Where are they now ’ with comments on why they did not continue on the circuit . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | 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 . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | This might explain why they did not attend for clinical review . |
| 8 | There is no convincing scientific reason why they did not occur . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Grantham Hospital chiefs were last night being asked why they did not notice symptoms of the syndrome in Allitt before she started on the children 's ward . |
| 12 | and wondered why they did n't open . |
| 13 | They should never have let him into the RAF — ca n't think why they did n't spot it . |
| 14 | She says , as an adult , looking back , I know why they did n't want me . |
| 15 | Why , why they did n't leave |
| 16 | I wondered why they did n't pause to stretch or joke . |
| 17 | No reasons were given as to the lack of information the social workers had gathered about the children ; why they did n't know about one child 's asthma , another 's forthcoming dental treatment , or that Jewish children might have special dietary requirements . |
| 18 | He must 've thought they were going to kill him , but that was why they did n't have to . |
| 19 | That 's why they did n't interfere when he … hurt himself . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ So that 's why they did n't put the lights up , ’ Shelley mused . |
| 21 | Oh I suppose he 's invested it wrongly or whatever I do n't know I I can understand why they did n't come to his rescue , you know , I mean , they 've got their livelihood to think about and he was a bachelor where as they 've got children , or and he 's brothers and they 're |
| 22 | ’ My husband asked them why they did n't take a statement from me four years ago . |
| 23 | And why they did n't like me . |
| 24 | A lot of players would simply set-up and hit the ball directly at the flag , and them wonder why they did n't get the ball close . |
| 25 | But police are still baffled why they did n't get out sooner . |
| 26 | But wh , my argument why they did n't cancel that cheque |
| 27 | I do n't know why they do n't wash nappies , we used to do it , I can remember washing them |
| 28 | There were eight no 's , would anybo , would any of the eight no 's like to explain why they do n't welcome advances ? |
| 29 | You ca n't understand why they do n't calm her down |
| 30 | Well why they do n't lock it ! |