Example sentences of "[adj] why [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | This ‘ difference ’ refers not to the difference in the law of the actual topic under study ( for that is to confuse the weakness in the technique with the whole rational for undertaking a comparative approach — if the law is not different why compare ? ) . |
| 2 | And er I mean th the o the question you would use for , for this one is tell me , what are your thou what is it , what are your thoughts on pensions , you know , what are your thoughts on retirement , how do you feel about it just open up for the guy to say it 's very important or I 'm not interested , oh that 's interesting why do you say that . |
| 3 | My wife my wife heard him on the radio on Saturday morning she said who 's this why does he keep saying motor car , motor car |
| 4 | now i if that is strictly wrong why do the shops put the sale notices up ? |
| 5 | Alright , if it 's so easy why do n't we all do it what stops us |
| 6 | If the tumour had grown bigger why take more pictures ? but that was dangerous ground , I was n't a medic . |
| 7 | 1 Why did all the children laugh at Julie on the first day she went to her new school ? 2 How do you think Julie felt that day ? 3 Did you feel sorry for her then ? 4 Did you feel sorry for her later in the story ? 5 When Julie was left tied to the lamp post was it fair , unfair , cruel … or what ? 6 Whose fault was it that Julie and Bee stopped seeing each other ? 7 Why did Julie get hurts and what effect did it have on Bee ? 8 What were your feelings at the end ? |
| 8 | The new houses are pretty standard why do n't they convert them , you know , you guarantee if you use six rolls of wa wallpaper you 'll need one to seven , something silly like that |
| 9 | One , two , three why did you suddenly leap up to five |
| 10 | I mean , music 's a great channel for releasing your emotions but if you 're really that unhappy why do n't you just do something about your life ? |
| 11 | Above all why had he , Mungo , ignored the warning and involved himself ? |
| 12 | ‘ And sure why do you think she 'd be ‘ throwing herself away ’ , Pat ? |
| 13 | 1 Where do we first learn about Auntie 's excellent eye-sight ? 2 Where do we first learn that Auntie can see into the future ? 3 How do we know that Auntie did not see the fire at the office block where she used to work ? 4 What exactly did Auntie foresee on the last afternoon of her life ? 5 Why did Auntie save Billy 's life , even though she knew that she herself would die ? |
| 14 | 4 Do you think that he gets what he deserves ? 5 Have you ever been showing off and something has happened to you ? 6 Why do you think we like it when people who are being bigheaded get show up ? |
| 15 | ‘ If he was so happy why did he start an affair with Nicola ? ’ asked the superintendent , leaning forward in her seat . |
| 16 | Be cagey why do n't you ? |
| 17 | The largest slice of our cash comes from the ‘ Charity Shop ’ and so we wish to express our thanks to all those involved with it — those who give goods to sell — those who staff it — those why buy and keep on coming back for more . |
| 18 | Company survey 's will not go through data prep but D P approval is critical why has this been removed from the form ? |
| 19 | On the other hand , some ask , if a piece is familiar why go at all ? |
| 20 | 1 Why did all the children laugh at Julie on the first day she went to her new school ? 2 How do you think Julie felt that day ? 3 Did you feel sorry for her then ? 4 Did you feel sorry for her later in the story ? 5 When Julie was left tied to the lamp post was it fair , unfair , cruel … or what ? 6 Whose fault was it that Julie and Bee stopped seeing each other ? 7 Why did Julie get hurts and what effect did it have on Bee ? 8 What were your feelings at the end ? |
| 21 | What was the discount rate ? 8 Why does the yield on a discount security exceed the discount rate ? |
| 22 | He 's so thick why d' ya have to come out with something stupid like |
| 23 | 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 |
| 24 | How , why , why had that why had that gone wrong ? |
| 25 | Was that Why do you think that was the case ? |
| 26 | I 'm talking about saving human life governments over the last twenty years , troops over the last twenty years , policemen over the last twenty years , laws over the last twenty years , and politicians , including myself , have all failed in all the efforts that we 've made including condemnation of violence , everything , but I am now saying that this dialogue is the best hope I 've seen or , surely I 'm entitled to say to the Prime Minister , alright given that I have said that why do n't you put me to the test ? |
| 27 | mm yeah , well forget that Why do n't these bloody things undo ? |
| 28 | Right , so simultaneous why do n't you i why do n't you integrate this log Or why do n't you erm |
| 29 | How many people live in this house ? asleep why shut up . |
| 30 | Now I appreciate that some people seem to object to the words public protection , erm I 'm not certain why bearing in mind you have a public protection committee . |