Example sentences of "[vb past] [not/n't] i [vb infin] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Then someone asked why did n't I start an organisation selling extraordinary buildings ? |
| 2 | Damn , she thought , why did n't I choose a chair ? |
| 3 | ‘ Tom , dear , by the time I 've asked you to pass something , and you 've said what and where is it and did n't I mean the other one , I can get this oven done and the baby born I should think . ’ |
| 4 | Did n't I mean the same , same sort of thing happened when Wentworth put on the twenty fifth of May , that a week before Sheila said er oh you 're not having this . |
| 5 | 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 ? |
| 6 | The girl on duty said no , she was sure not , why did n't I try the music shop . |
| 7 | ‘ Why , ’ he went on , ‘ did n't I become a Sikh or a Hasidic jew ? |
| 8 | ‘ Oh , dear God , why did n't I call the villagers into the castle ? ’ |
| 9 | Why did n't I have the courage to release him ? |