Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [pron] [verb] not come " in BNC.

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1 No Owen , that , that 's how it does n't come out , that 's what 's happened to you .
2 " I knew exactly why you did n't come and I thought you knew why I did n't come to you .
3 If her story was the truth , I can think of only one reason why she did n't come forward right away .
4 Nenna 's children neither showed any interest in where she had been nor in why she did not come back until next morning .
5 Is that really why you did n't come and chat ? ’
6 " I knew exactly why you did n't come and I thought you knew why I did n't come to you .
7 I have no right and you have been very generous , Fred , Uncle Steve and the boys and Gertie ca n't understand why you did n't come here with us , Gert only said this morning that you ought to be here , your place is with us , but do n't think I am not grateful .
8 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
9 Yeah that 's why they do n't come and visit us or visit his brother very often .
10 When he came in the evening — it was by this time unthinkable that there should be an evening when he did not come — he might let slip something that would make sense of this new move .
11 Oh they will , mind , they 'll want to know where their daddy is , and why he does n't come !
12 But when she made a last appeal , and told him , though feeling it was not quite true , that Martha had asked him to bring her father back , and then , very unwisely , referred again to Mrs Hodge , and the house , and the single bed , and even the temple bells , and asked him why he did n't come to his senses and whether he did n't think he 'd be happier living with a woman , whether she was on a boat or not , he turned on her , upsetting the bowl of water in front of the gas fire , and shouted :
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