Example sentences of "why [vb past] [adv] [pron] say " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Why did n't she say anything ? ’ |
2 | So to the middle-aged man who came up to me in the car park and confessed that in the fifth form he had been silently in love with me — why did n't he say so at the time ? |
3 | ‘ Why did n't he say so ? ’ |
4 | Why did n't he write more , why did n't he say where he was ? |
5 | Well why did n't he say that yesterday then ? |
6 | ‘ Why did n't you say so before ? ’ exclaimed the Bookman . |
7 | Why did n't you say you 'd be his fucking shadow if he 'd give you tenure ? ’ |
8 | ‘ Then why did n't you say so ? ’ |
9 | Why did n't you say ? |
10 | You may ask — but why did n't you say ? |
11 | Why did n't you say so before ? |
12 | ‘ Why did n't you say something when Bailey was here ? ’ |
13 | ‘ Why did n't you say ? ’ |
14 | ‘ Then why did n't you say so at first ? |
15 | When my master had left the palace alone , the Queen said to me , ‘ Why did n't you say goodbye to him ? |
16 | ‘ Why did n't you say so earlier ? |
17 | ‘ Why did n't you say so before ? ’ |
18 | ‘ Why did n't you say ? ’ |
19 | When she demanded whether there were any suspicious circumstances he refused to be drawn and took over the questioning : ‘ Why did n't you say Ayling was here on Friday ? ’ |
20 | Taken by surprise , she could not answer for a moment and than said angrily , ‘ If you knew , why did n't you say something before ? ’ |
21 | ‘ Belinda , love , why did n't you say something ? ’ |
22 | ‘ Why did n't you say before that you — ? ’ |
23 | Why did n't you say ? |
24 | ‘ But , Caro , why did n't you say so before ? |
25 | Well , why did n't you say so in the first place ? ’ |
26 | Because there were , there were easily three lists of influence on referrals that you need to be attuned to , that I gave you in that one erm praise , give a bit of praise to my wife because all I 'm proud of crafty , I thought , you know , why did n't you say that was a beautiful brief . |
27 | ‘ But why did n't you say anything ? |
28 | ‘ Why did n't you say yes ? ’ |
29 | ‘ Why did n't you say something ? ’ |
30 | If you wanted the report handed in by a certain day , why did n't you say so ? |