Example sentences of "why they do [not/n't] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Once you have become mentally adjusted to the countdown display it becomes very logical and you will wonder why they do n't all work this way ! |
| 2 | Low-Salt Diets : why they do n't work |
| 3 | Those guys have been spoon-feeding this pure shit to their audience for so long , that that 's why they do n't have an attention span ! |
| 4 | Alternatively , they may say why they do n't like it — bitter , but still useful . |
| 5 | ‘ Women ask themselves why they do n't look like us , ’ she remarks in Lindbergh 's film . |
| 6 | Of course , they are being treated with the contempt they deserve and you have to wonder why they do n't just get a life … |
| 7 | Sean , 16 : ‘ Yes , but I ca n't understand why they do n't get married and have children . ’ |
| 8 | There were eight no 's , would anybo , would any of the eight no 's like to explain why they do n't welcome advances ? |
| 9 | I 'm supposed to investigate them to find out why they do n't all fall together . ’ |
| 10 | In Duesenberry 's words if ‘ economics is all about how people made choices , sociology is all about why they do n't have any choices to make ’ ( 1960 , p. 233 ) . |
| 11 | I do n't know why they do n't have time , but er they do n't . |
| 12 | I do n't know why they do n't wash nappies , we used to do it , I can remember washing them |
| 13 | I do n't know why they do n't just open the gates and let us all out now . ’ |
| 14 | You ca n't understand why they do n't calm her down |
| 15 | It 's like expecting the class system to change once the workers have explained to the ruling class why they do n't like poverty ; or racism to go away once blacks have made clear why they find it oppressive . |
| 16 | So that when they come to assessment in the Upper School … they can actually analyse and rationalize why things work and why they do n't , why they should change direction , why they should give up and start again , and why they should logically follow the piece through . |
| 17 | That 's why they do n't sack people like that . |
| 18 | So erm if you ask them why they do n't do a certain thing you get a very very elaborate argument about it , which is often very difficult to er to er criticize or , or , or attack . |
| 19 | That is a pig of a road , I must admit , I do n't know why they do n't make it into a dual carriage way . |
| 20 | I do n't think so no I do n't think so at all that 's why they do n't call anybody back . |
| 21 | Al-Liwa does n't make any money , that 's why they do n't have many permanent staff . ’ |
| 22 | I still do not see why they do n't . |
| 23 | But I 'll touch on the reason why they do n't need those condition in a few minutes . |
| 24 | Why the people who cut the actual grass that people walk on erm I do n't know , why they do n't do that job properly . |
| 25 | All that helps to explain why businessmen are keen to talk up prospects in official surveys and why they do n't really believe all that they say . |
| 26 | I do n't know why they do n't just keep the to- bloody-gether . |
| 27 | Bedroom has got a , it 's in an alcove so you 'll have that piece where it 's bottom of the stairs or wherever , I mean , the , stand on slip mats you 're gon na get that because of the , the airing cupboard is part of the hall , part of the bedroom and nothing you can do about that one , and on the wall it 's just gon na be one length of each room , cut off , perfect , , actually they do n't normally do that , they usually just the measurement , cos I not , never understood why they do n't have measurements there all standard , you guarantee use the one strip of another roll |
| 28 | why they do n't just put a screen up |
| 29 | I mean , it 's unbelievable , you know th er , he 's done so many breweries and yet why they do n't talk to wo well I mean they must talk to one another . |
| 30 | She says but I do n't why they do n't tells the old man they told me . |