Example sentences of "so [Wh adv] did [not/n't] " in BNC.
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1 | At the Marquee , Phil 's father said that Ralph was using us — he just wanted us to play tonight and then it was all over , we 're finished , so why did n't we finish now ? |
2 | There was no reply and Clarissa said they could n't hear him , so why did n't he leave it ? ’ |
3 | so why did n't Khrushchev go ahead and provoke the war ? |
4 | ‘ So why did n't you bargain with him ? |
5 | So why did n't I tell you ? |
6 | ‘ So why did n't you ? ’ |
7 | So why did n't they do away with it altogether , or at least bury thing . ’ |
8 | ‘ So why did n't you stand up to them before ? ’ |
9 | ‘ So why did n't your wife tell us about it ? ’ asked Dexter . |
10 | He knew it was what they wanted to do , what they had planned to do , so why did n't they just do it then ? |
11 | But he did look a little overheated , so why did n't he at least unbutton it ? |
12 | ‘ So why did n't you just look for another job , instead of involving yourself in such a risky undertaking ? ’ |
13 | ‘ So why did n't you just come clean about it ? |
14 | ‘ So why did n't my father come then ? ’ |
15 | So why did n't you take her , John thinks . |
16 | So why did n't the players attend the usual press conferences at the end of each match ? |
17 | ‘ So why did n't he ring us ? ’ |
18 | Like a dutiful citizen , I checked in with the Usher and he looked at his clipboard and said there would be about a fifteen-minute wait , so why did n't I take a seat ? |
19 | HOWEVER , the ball then rolled 15 yds was stopped by Newell and kicked immediately to Shearer , who hit the ball bloody well and scored ( so why did n't he score vs Holland eh ? ) . |
20 | However , they were originally scheduled for different nights , but it has always been possible for this scenario to arrise , so why did n't they just schedule the matches to be played at the same time no matter what ? |
21 | It would be easy enough to ask him straight if there was any truth in it , so why did n't she just come on out and ask ? |
22 | So why did n't you go and get some out ? |
23 | So why did n't you say that ? |
24 | So why did n't , and then as well . |
25 | but I , he says he did n't , I mean , since she 's had the chop , but between having the first and then having the twins , the second , she went back to work then at the Building Society , so she 's got a cheaper mortgage , so why did n't they pay some off then ? |
26 | So why did n't you let me have that one then ? |
27 | So why did n't you let me go |
28 | So why did n't you tell them , like Lucy comes late and you have to wait for her and everything ? |