Example sentences of "why [pron] [vb past] n't [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Do n't know why I did n't think of it sooner . |
| 2 | I do n't know why I did n't think of it myself . |
| 3 | I mean that 's all it , as I say , I do n't know why I did n't think of it cos in the she well I do know why I did n't think of |
| 4 | I mean that 's all it , as I say , I do n't know why I did n't think of it cos in the she well I do know why I did n't think of |
| 5 | so I mean erm and that is the reason why I did n't go into wanting to get all the details at that point erm |
| 6 | ‘ Why I did n't go to bed with Warren Beatty ’ by actress Sean Young |
| 7 | WHY I DID N'T GO TO BED WITH WARREN BEATTY |
| 8 | ‘ They 'll never understand why I did n't go to them in the first place . |
| 9 | That 's why I did n't speak to you on Tuesday night . |
| 10 | " I knew exactly why you did n't come and I thought you knew why I did n't come to you . |
| 11 | Mm , tha , that 's why I did n't say like |
| 12 | Which was why she did n't arrive on the outskirts of Slane until it was nearly dark . |
| 13 | Well perhaps that 's why she did n't go to sleep . |
| 14 | And asked why , well I know why she did n't turn into the morning lectures well I do n't get up usually , till half eleven , twelve o'clock . |
| 15 | They 've been together for the past six years — which she cites as one very good reason why she did n't fall for Craig McLachlan while playing his leading lady . |
| 16 | Mm , just got to go and sort them out , hang on I 'm coming up , I do n't know why you did n't go in the downstairs toilet , it would of been easier for me then would n't it ? |
| 17 | You know , erm , you know what sort of gross salary and you know and there was , you were holding back in a way erm tt and why you did n't wan na discuss your hobbies you know where you were losing it |
| 18 | No reasons were given as to the lack of information the social workers had gathered about the children ; why they did n't know about one child 's asthma , another 's forthcoming dental treatment , or that Jewish children might have special dietary requirements . |
| 19 | He must 've thought they were going to kill him , but that was why they did n't have to . |
| 20 | 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 |
| 21 | you 're , you 're absolutely right , I 'm afraid in , in erm I , I , re remember seeing that discrepancy and I 'm not quite sure why it did n't get into my notes |
| 22 | I ca n't think why it did n't occur to me at the time . |
| 23 | I ca n't think why it did n't occur to me before . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ I wonder why he did n't speak of the Friar ? ’ |
| 25 | She wondered why he did n't step across it ; he reminded her of the white mice they had let out of the cage one day . |
| 26 | Did Boy ever ask himself why he did n't dream about men , when he got home from The Bar — why he had instead these strange dreams of shoots , bulbs and roots ; roots kept in the dark , waiting to flower , needing a gardener 's attention ? |
| 27 | Masklin would be the first to admit that he did n't understand about jets and engines and machines , so maybe that was why he did n't worry about travelling in them . |
| 28 | 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 : |