Example sentences of "why not [verb] [pron] [adv prt] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why not give herself over to the silliness of it , instead of feeling distress ? |
| 2 | Why not pass them on to a hospital or children 's home where they will be treasured . |
| 3 | Why not talk it over with your family and think about it for a week or two ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Why not put it back in the bag and say nothing ? |
| 5 | Why not tear them up like everyone else and contribute to the litter found on every bookie 's floor ? |
| 6 | Why not take it down to the firm 's office and let the experts see it for themselves ? |
| 7 | If so , then why not take it along to the Ulster Folk and Transport Museum next Tuesday and let it be admired . |
| 8 | The square brackets in ( 62 ) merely mark that the whole is to be taken as a complex entity , which is given anyway by our assumption that an E extended remains an E ; if the brackets are not needed in ( 61 ) why are they present in ( 62 ) ; alternatively , why not write them in in both cases ? |
| 9 | If it is too drastic to jump in at the deep end with such a sweeping change , why not try it out in experimental matches , festival or night matches ? |