Example sentences of "and why [verb] n't " in BNC.
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| 1 | And why does n't British Rail offer a recycling facility for my old two-inch-thick timetable , when I replace it with the new edition twice each year ? |
| 2 | Right , and why does n't this happen with zinc plating , galvanizing ? |
| 3 | ‘ Why is it called the Judge 's House ? ’ he said , ‘ and why does n't anyone want to live in it ? ’ |
| 4 | And why had n't Kathleen understood ? |
| 5 | And why had n't he left on the passage light ? |
| 6 | And why had n't Ken told him he was writing too ? |
| 7 | And why had n't the colonel told her he was renting his house out , she wondered wrathfully ? |
| 8 | And why had n't the attendant come and told the foreign autocrat off for coming in the wrong way ? |
| 9 | Yes , and why had n't that occurred to her before — that he might be married with children ? |
| 10 | And why had n't I felt that shock of surprise I should have felt ? |
| 11 | Mary Finnigan : It was at this time , when David flew out to Malta , then not only were we organising the Arts Lab but a free open air festival in Beckenham , David , having flown out to the Maltese song festival had sent Angie a postcard saying something to the effect that he was going to be in Italy and why did n't Angie come and join him , which she did , leaving me to sort out both the folk club and the free festival organised for Beckenham Park the following Sunday . ’ |
| 12 | Bambi smiled thinly , and Sheridan said in a loud voice that he thought the whole thing was stupid ; everyone knew there had n't been any goddam kidnap attempt and why did n't Zak stop messing around and piss off . |
| 13 | And when I came across people who told me I must be , at best , gullible to believe in metaphysics ( and why did n't I rejoin their random , meaningless reality ? ) , then I had invited them into my world . |
| 14 | ‘ And why did n't you come straight home ? ’ |
| 15 | And why did n't Mario follow his example ? |
| 16 | And why did n't they just pad you — why did you have to put on weight specially for it ? |
| 17 | Of course , you 'd read of these places and screwed up your nose in disgust and said such things should n't be permitted , and why did n't someone else do something about it . |
| 18 | And why did n't the policeman want him to see the suite ? |
| 19 | Once she 'd put the phone down on him the previous night she 'd regretted her skittish way with him , and , after a heart-to-heart with Marlin in which she 'd told him she wanted to go back to England , and he 'd replied that it would all seem different in the morning and why did n't she just take a pill and lie down , she 'd decided to call him back . |
| 20 | ‘ And why did n't you tell me ? ’ |
| 21 | just making coffee and why did n't I |
| 22 | Well , he said he was a writer , and I said I was looking for plays to invest in and why did n't he write one about his friend , and a couple of months later he 'd written something pretty splendid , had n't he ? |
| 23 | He would say she always did ask too many questions and why did n't she stay cool , tell him she loved him ? |
| 24 | ‘ And why did n't you come to me immediately ? |
| 25 | ‘ And why did n't Cosmas get out of the bed ? ’ |
| 26 | And why did n't he drop round to her flat in Hans Crescent for a drink after the show tomorrow ? |
| 27 | ‘ Document A. That the man , who was belligerent on several occasions at first , threatening the social worker called in by the Visitor , said it was no business of theirs as it was a family matter and that the girl 's father , his own brother , had given his consent , and what more could you want , and there was no higher authority than that , and no wonder there was so much crime on the streets if the government took away the father 's power , and why did n't they do something about crime on the streets instead of invading people 's homes . |
| 28 | I said I did n't think her opinion was worth very much : if that was the opinion she had of her husband then naturally he preferred someone who admired , loved , trusted and desired him , and why did n't she just go away ? |
| 29 | And why did n't Paul get it from Johnny ? |
| 30 | ‘ They wanted more details and I said it was a murder dammit and why did n't they do something about it and he said ‘ Another of those ’ and … well they must do something . |