Example sentences of "but why not [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ? |
| 2 | Microsoft may have decided not to bundle SQL Server directly in order maintain good relations with other database suppliers , ‘ but why not do it the other way around ? ’ asks Schuster . |
| 3 | Microsoft may have decided not to bundle SQL Server directly in order maintain good relations with other database suppliers , ‘ but why not do it the other way around ? ’ asks Schuster . |
| 4 | And then she added , ‘ But why not tell you the truth ? |
| 5 | But why not give him credit for a simple human weakness ; the attraction of eating a good dinner which he has n't had to cook ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Look , we 've got him some pyjamas — all right , but why not give him something else as well ? |
| 7 | I feel some scepticism , but why not give it a try ? " |