Example sentences of "why did not you " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Why did n't you try Amsterdam ? ’ |
| 2 | Why did n't you bring them with you ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ In that case , ’ I said , ‘ why did n't you bring it with you ? ’ |
| 4 | Why did n't you save up the bad news for after May 5 ? |
| 5 | One constable said , ‘ Why did n't you get a bit of discussion going like this before ? |
| 6 | ‘ Why did n't you tell me ? ’ |
| 7 | Pleased , that is , until I discovered that I had forgotten to bring the tea bags — the subsequent ‘ Well , why did n't you bring them then 's , ‘ Why is it always my fault 's reminded me of the Quentin Crisp line that marriage was impossible for him because he could not have tolerated an endless succession of mornings when the first words he heard were , ‘ And another thing ’ — and that there were no birds . |
| 8 | ‘ Why did n't you come back before ? ’ he asked . |
| 9 | Why did n't you visit me ? |
| 10 | ‘ Why did n't you tell me a minute ago ? ’ |
| 11 | And when she took this most precious creation to art school , the teacher said : ‘ Zena , why did n't you tell us ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Why did n't you support me ? ’ |
| 13 | He went ashen and screamed at me , ‘ Why did n't you tell me earlier ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Why did n't you wake me ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ If you knew Simon wanted to nick Bella 's money , why did n't you go straight round there and tell her ? ’ |
| 16 | At this moment of crisis , ludicrously irrelevant thoughts swarmed into her head : ‘ Why did n't you chase it yourself ? |
| 17 | Why did n't you just say no and close the window ? |
| 18 | ‘ Why did n't you like her ? ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Well , why did n't you want me to touch the skull ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Why did n't you tell me who you were from the start ? |
| 21 | Why did n't you tell me ? |
| 22 | ‘ Why did n't you tell me that ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Why did n't you call out for help ? ’ |
| 24 | I was furious and shouted : ‘ Why did n't you come sooner ? ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Then why did n't you tell me before , you fool ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Why did n't you say so before ? ’ exclaimed the Bookman . |
| 27 | ‘ But why did n't you tell me about him before ? |
| 28 | Reaching for a beer from the icebox , Trent flipped the cap and asked casually , ‘ Why did n't you fly them in ? ’ |
| 29 | Why did n't you ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ So why did n't you bargain with him ? |