Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [be] [pron] [not/n't] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I said how am I not supposed to say anything , I said I do n't approve why should I keep this quiet ? |
| 2 | What are these convictions , and why are they not articulated ? |
| 3 | So why are they not fitted to all new pedal cycles during manufacturing ? |
| 4 | If Ministers are serious about wanting us not to be governed by unaccountable bureaucrats , why are they not leading in the argument that those decisions that have to be taken at European level are fully accountable to a stronger European Parliament that is elected by a fair system ? |
| 5 | The obvious question is : If both verbs denote causation , why are they not followed by the same version of the infinitive ? |
| 6 | And she added : ‘ Northallerton has two specialist nurses , and so have Bishop Auckland so why are they not available at Darlington 's Memorial hospital ? |
| 7 | Why are they not working ? |
| 8 | ‘ Why are you not acting ? ’ he asked her abruptly ; more interested by far in her than in the genteel maunderings on stage . |
| 9 | ‘ Why are you not in Camp 5 ? ’ |
| 10 | Why are you not where you should be ? |
| 11 | " Why are you not wearing the medal I sent you as a keepsake ? " |
| 12 | He cut in angrily : ‘ Then why are you not wearing it ? ’ |
| 13 | Why are you not back in Ramsey ? |
| 14 | Why are you not interested ? |
| 15 | " Then why are you not eating it more enthusiastically ? " |
| 16 | And why are you not on your rounds , Dr Neil ? |
| 17 | ‘ So why are you not over ‘ tere , bein' some kind of movie star , rather than sittin' in a pub in Santry , in the middle of autumn ta ’ feels like winter ? ’ |
| 18 | Why are there not beetles as big as badgers and moths as large as hawks ? |
| 19 | Why are there not equal numbers of each ? |
| 20 | ‘ So why am I not being compensated for loss of office according to British scales ? , |
| 21 | You therefore , constantly and vigilantly , ask yourself , ‘ why am I not doing a priority task instead of this one ? ’ |
| 22 | Husband or wife do get excluded for instance because the marriage has not been a particularly happy one erm and there would therefore be no particular one why the deceased would leave anything to spouses erm but it 's worth saying so if that 's the case , to prevent an action coming along and saying Oi why am I not being there , why have I been left out ? |
| 23 | Why am I not free ? ’ |
| 24 | Fergus said in a clear , hard voice , ‘ Why am I not in Grainne 's place ? |
| 25 | So what am I doing here , why am I not tucked safely up in bed like most sane people and why is there no prospect of any further rest until we get to Burslem in Stoke , more than 60 miles away ? |
| 26 | Why am I not allowed to feel the same about something that means a great deal to me ? ’ she retorted fiercely . |
| 27 | Why am I not trying to go out |
| 28 | She says , ‘ How am I going to get round all these people phoning me up saying , ‘ Why am I not getting calls , it 's all your fault ’ , you know , all the rest of it ’ , when they have n't diverted their telephone to the right extension number . |
| 29 | If the institutions were inappropriate , why were they not ignored ? |
| 30 | This begs the question : why were they not removed from s.61 as well ? |