Example sentences of "why [pron] [verb] not been " in BNC.
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| 1 | She in turn asked why I had n't been to visit her . |
| 2 | Very disappointed , I went to the Headmistress to ask why I had not been considered suitable . |
| 3 | I could n't understand why I 'd not been killed when there were so many others who … |
| 4 | Well I tell you why I have n't been buying currants lately cos they 've been so blooming expensive ! |
| 5 | Confronted with Donna 's exuberant wardrobe , she realized there were only two courses open to her : either she took it on the chin ( ‘ straight spine , old girl , ’ ) , or she slunk away and refused to answer the phone when Donna called to see why she had n't been met . |
| 6 | She was in a fairly emotional state , in that she 'd known nothing about the wedding , wondered why she had n't been told , and demanded the time and location of the ceremony . |
| 7 | Officers were last night trying to find her parents and discover why she had not been reported missing . |
| 8 | It turned out that our candidate , who came to address us one evening , knew my Aunt Kit and had the greatest admiration for her , even though he also knew that the only reason why she had not been offered another , safer constituency after 1945 was that it had become too obvious she was unable to keep off the drink . |
| 9 | Oh I 'll tell you later why she 's not been sort of I 'll tell you in a bit . |
| 10 | Well that 's why she has n't been about you see . |
| 11 | why she has n't been to school she was in erm the . |
| 12 | " He wanted to know why you had n't been to class lately . " |
| 13 | I thought that was why you had n't been round cos I never come |
| 14 | Cos you know she usually do if I have n't been round for a while she 'll say oh what 's the matter , have I done something wrong or why you have n't been round or Perhaps she thinks well it 's too far to come . |
| 15 | The reason why we have not been able to debate the report is that we have had a great deal of other business to do . |
| 16 | ‘ While our batting has been good , the bowling has been steady rather than dynamic , which is why we have n't been bowling sides out a second time , ’ reasons Fraser . |
| 17 | In case anyone is wondering why there has n't been any coverage of LASMO 's tournament-winning broomball team recently , it 's because there is no ice on the Broadgate rink . |
| 18 | I wondered who had abandoned them there and why they had not been removed . |
| 19 | This explained why it had not been possible to get four separate channels of sound out of the record . |
| 20 | An elderly female novelist had come in at a quarter to six and Penelope had found herself trying to explain why her latest novel had not been reviewed in the Sunday Telegraph , why it had not been advertised more widely , why copies had not been displayed on the bookstall of a friend 's local station , why it had not yet been reprinted . |
| 21 | He wondered why it had not been fired . |
| 22 | It 's in this year 's draft accounts too , but we have people called auditors who are going to recognize this bill , and ask all sorts of boring questions like why it has not been paid , whether it is likely to be paid , and if so when . |
| 23 | We will then examine the effect of this virtually unregulated decision-making process on the broader penal crisis which we outlined in Chapter 1 and consider why it has not been tackled until now . |
| 24 | No doubt both the Department of Health and the Mental Health Act Commission will take notice of the Court 's opinion that the form for application for admission under section 2 ‘ does not direct the social worker 's attention to the desirability of obtaining a recommendation from a doctor who does know the past history , diagnosis and treatment of the patient and why it has not been practicable to do so . ’ |
| 25 | I expect that 's why it has n't been re-published , ‘ Hitler is doing wonderful things , ’ the old English craftsmen used to say , sharing their wisdom with me and Tolliday my mate . |
| 26 | Yeah there 's sufficient stock And that 's why it has n't been picked up . |
| 27 | Wondering why he had n't been awakened for his breakfast , he contemplated snuggling down beneath the covers for another few moments when he heard the door bell ring . |
| 28 | The greatest human being I ever met , Bill Shankly , sent me a letter 20 years ago , after hearing I 'd written to Harold Wilson demanding to know why he had n't been honoured . |
| 29 | Her eyes scanned the first page quickly , taking in the expected account of how Ellen had looked after Oreste as her own , but when she came to the reasons why he had not been handed over to Gigia , Wilson slowed down and even repeated the words to herself . |
| 30 | Indeed , with Rush scoring two of West Ham 's four , his first goals for the club , the question of why he had not been tried earlier was of paramount interest . |