Example sentences of "why do n't " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do , clearly , do n't I. Then why do n't I like it ? ) |
| 2 | ‘ Caro , for God 's sake , if you have n't got anything better to do why do n't you help us ? |
| 3 | I was going to say that , I mean if we do do that why do n't we move to a position when , I know it 's not finalized yet , the P As do the twenty six fives , and we try and adapt Sarah to do the whole s the whole of the four sub teams , ma maybe the threshold has to come down a bit , but but at least we 've got some sort of parity of working throughout |
| 4 | Yes I do think you need to why do n't you just try dishing it up out of the thing ? |
| 5 | Nan you 'll love why do n't you go back and watch your programme and have a sit down and we wo n't be two ticks eating these . |
| 6 | ‘ But why did n't the first guest get the poisoned beef ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Why did n't you try Amsterdam ? ’ |
| 8 | Why did n't I go home to my own country taking with me the sheet which bore the stains of my virginity . |
| 9 | Why did n't you bring them with you ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ In that case , ’ I said , ‘ why did n't you bring it with you ? ’ |
| 11 | Fabian grumbles : ‘ Ah , why did n't I just go to Hungary as well … |
| 12 | Why did n't you save up the bad news for after May 5 ? |
| 13 | One constable said , ‘ Why did n't you get a bit of discussion going like this before ? |
| 14 | ‘ Why did n't someone shoot that bastard when we were in Normandy ? ’ remarked the occupant of the bunk below me . |
| 15 | ‘ Why did n't you tell me ? ’ |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | ‘ Why did n't you come back before ? ’ he asked . |
| 18 | Why did n't they come and visit me , Mum and Dad ? |
| 19 | Why did n't she come and visit me ? |
| 20 | Why did n't you visit me ? |
| 21 | ‘ Why did n't you tell me a minute ago ? ’ |
| 22 | And when she took this most precious creation to art school , the teacher said : ‘ Zena , why did n't you tell us ? ’ |
| 23 | If it was good enough , why did n't the Government restart aid ? |
| 24 | ‘ Why did n't you support me ? ’ |
| 25 | ‘ But you 've got to ask the questions : why did n't the other shopkeepers have a problem , why have n't the new owners of the off-licence ? |
| 26 | At the Marquee , Phil 's father said that Ralph was using us — he just wanted us to play tonight and then it was all over , we 're finished , so why did n't we finish now ? |
| 27 | Mary Finnigan : It was at this time , when David flew out to Malta , then not only were we organising the Arts Lab but a free open air festival in Beckenham , David , having flown out to the Maltese song festival had sent Angie a postcard saying something to the effect that he was going to be in Italy and why did n't Angie come and join him , which she did , leaving me to sort out both the folk club and the free festival organised for Beckenham Park the following Sunday . ’ |
| 28 | He went ashen and screamed at me , ‘ Why did n't you tell me earlier ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Why did n't you wake me ? ’ |
| 30 | Why did n't Japan 's ever-prudent and oh-so-dominant bureaucrats step in to prevent it ? |