Example sentences of "why [verb] [adv] [indef pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the RCA executive just said ‘ If that 's such a good idea , why has n't someone else tried it ’ . |
| 2 | The use of a ‘ killer phrase ’ such as ‘ Well , if that 's such a great idea , why has n't someone else done it ? ’ is like telling a parent that their child has no talent . |
| 3 | " Why has n't someone told me this before ? |
| 4 | Why has n't anyone done it before ? |
| 5 | Afterwards he complained bitterly to other government officers of the uselessness of such a DPR , and on being told of my background , retorted angrily , ‘ Why did n't somebody warn me that the man was a bloody missionary ? ’ |
| 6 | Why did n't somebody do something ? |
| 7 | the interesting thing about that is why did n't somebody of his maturity and experience ask for it |
| 8 | ‘ Why did n't anyone take her to the veterinary hospital ? |
| 9 | Why did n't anyone use knockout gas on all those panicking refugees ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Why did n't anyone think of that before ! ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Why did n't someone shoot that bastard when we were in Normandy ? ’ remarked the occupant of the bunk below me . |
| 12 | Why did n't someone stop her ? ’ |
| 13 | Of course , you 'd read of these places and screwed up your nose in disgust and said such things should n't be permitted , and why did n't someone else do something about it . |
| 14 | Why is n't there total chaos , why does n't everybody pursue their own self interest at the expense of everybody else , reducing life to a , a state of chaotic erm er , conflict of individuals against each other . |
| 15 | Well why does n't everybody have them then ? |
| 16 | That 's what I said , why does n't everybody have them ? |
| 17 | ‘ Why does n't somebody tell him all about me ? ’ she thought . |
| 18 | ‘ Why does n't anybody want to live in this beautiful old house ? ’ |
| 19 | Why does n't anybody come , ever come round to my house and ask me ? |
| 20 | Why does n't someone buy up Japan before it owns everyone ? |
| 21 | Another small point : why does n't someone make replacement bridge pieces for Strat bridges , for example , that have pickups built in ( as in the Shadow ) ? |
| 22 | Why does n't someone throw a hand grenade ? ’ |
| 23 | Why does n't someone bring me some food ? |
| 24 | Wh why does n't someone do anything about it ? |
| 25 | ‘ Why is it called the Judge 's House ? ’ he said , ‘ and why does n't anyone want to live in it ? ’ |
| 26 | Why had n't somebody checked that they had n't left their spears for all and sundry to trip over ? |