Example sentences of "and [vb past] why [pers pn] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | An agitated old lady addressed Ramsey severely and asked why he did not go back to his own country and do good there instead of stirring up trouble in the United States . |
| 2 | The entrepreneurial Elizabeth Taylor ( no relation ) read an article about organic markets in France , les Marches Biologiques , and wondered why we did n't have any here . |
| 3 | and wondered why they did n't open . |
| 4 | I had assumed he would still want me to be his wife , and wondered why he did not ask me . |
| 5 | Meredith watched the struggle on the man 's face as he tried to control his wayward mouth , and wondered why he did n't want to grin when he was so obviously amused by her cheek . |