Example sentences of "[conj] why [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " If we get away from the warren , I 'm not going to let Bigwig run everything , or why bother to go ? " |
| 2 | It was no good wondering how had it happened , or why had it happened . |
| 3 | I know but they did n't , he did n't suggest it to you or why does n't he say well there is this er er , you said that he did n't . |
| 4 | Or why did Stef kidnap well I , you know I ca n't understand this girl , because she 's been in er , I mean she must of seen him when , when he 's approached her to buy the house |
| 5 | Right , so simultaneous why do n't you i why do n't you integrate this log Or why do n't you erm |
| 6 | Or why do n't you give mum the money and put it all through , no no I better not no . |
| 7 | Or why do you speak with her ? |
| 8 | or why do n't you have erm , get the girls to pay a percentage of the bill , get them to note down all the calls they make and work it out , that 's a way of doing it |
| 9 | If the officers could tell us that why did n't they tell the controlling labour group , I 'm sure they did and then the question is why did n't you listen to them . |
| 10 | Why spend money on fertilizers and ant poisons and petrol for the mowers and whitewash for the tennis court — and incidentally any stray rocks that need it — and why build great steaming compost heaps of the by-products of the above ? |
| 11 | If you wanted to indulge in dodgy puns ( and why stop now ? ) , you could say S&M was all about coming under pressure but the authorities are taking things too far . |
| 12 | And why stop at corporation tax ? |
| 13 | Why should GPs show discrimination against women ? and why emphasize married women with children ? |
| 14 | And why identify residential and foster care alone as areas to be staffed entirely by females ? |
| 15 | And why bother with all the political tension and uncertainty in the latest attempt to reduce local autonomy , which was detailed in Chapter 4 ? |
| 16 | Two questions that are frequently asked are : how can one tell a first edition ? and why bother with it anyway ? |
| 17 | And why bother to write anyway ? |
| 18 | I mean it was like years ago I heard things about Down 's children with holes in the heart and why bother to do it , but now everything 's changing — let's make them more normal . |
| 19 | And why bother baking a potato when a packet of crisps is to hand ? |
| 20 | Teaching must be alive and it can only be alive in the present moment — it is time-consuming to try to make stale bread palatable , and why bother when fresh bread is available ? |
| 21 | It means deciding where , when and why to say Yes . |
| 22 | And why does he look so happy as a result ? |
| 23 | What is the ‘ essence ’ or ‘ nature ’ of a horse , and why does it follow from this that a horse has a certain type of head or feet , or lives to the age it does ? |
| 24 | And why does Parish Clerk Weekley not receive his quarter loaf every Sunday as is his right under Haberdasher Cleeve 's Will ? |
| 25 | I found myself frustrated by unanswered questions at every turn : why are the shields of Prince William and Harry blank in the College of Arms 's pedigree book — and why does Mark Phillips 's coat of arms have a horse jumping over a small white-flowered plant ? |
| 26 | And why does any star which is radiating energy not lose so much mass ( thanks to E=MC 2 ) that gravity can no longer hold it together ? |
| 27 | The results are dramatic — but how does the body become deficient in vitamin E , what is its role in human nutrition and why does its absence sabotage the nervous system ? |
| 28 | And why does Nick Baker always find things so very amusing on his Radio 4 series examining the backwaters of the magazine publishing world ? |
| 29 | The fashionable question ‘ How does the head office add value ? ’ would be clearer if it asked , ‘ When and why does a firmlet gain from being part of a company ? ’ |
| 30 | While Boss Vid , the usual hits package , can get irritating , and does n't answer any of the truly vital questions about The Shamen ( such as why are those headphone mics so annoying to look at , and why does the sight of Mr C turn grown men into sobbing rags ? ) it does have its moments . |