Example sentences of "so why [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Livingstone 's not going to win anyway , so why kow-tow like this ? |
| 2 | Accordin' to Rodriguez , that is , so why dae ye say he is a cousin ? ’ |
| 3 | So why make the foundations permanent ? |
| 4 | So why make an issue out of it ? |
| 5 | So why had she ? |
| 6 | So why had he chosen this one ? |
| 7 | So why had she conjured him now ? |
| 8 | So why had he been so secretive ? |
| 9 | So why had she gone rushing north from Lima to see this half-brother of hers ? |
| 10 | Twomey knew she hated spinach ; there had been previous arguments about its consumption , so why had an extra-large portion , fainting into the mashed potato and infiltrating the bread sauce , been dealt to her ? |
| 11 | So why had he done it ? |
| 12 | The sort of man who could have his pick of women , so why had n't he picked any ? |
| 13 | If so , the Deverils were still proscribed so why had she been allowed to enter England and , undoubtedly , to travel to Godstowe , a sensitive place where a former royal mistress had been incarcerated . |
| 14 | She had known she liked him , enjoyed his company , his humour , gentleness , so why had she never admitted that she loved ? |
| 15 | So why had she launched such a scathing verbal attack on the hapless Dane ? |
| 16 | So why had he insisted that she come ? |
| 17 | So why had he ? she wondered , with an intriguing little smile . |
| 18 | So why had he invited her out for the day ? |
| 19 | Angel One had shown no concern for the safety of all the other sect members upstairs , so why had he seen fit to save these two ? |
| 20 | She never wore clothes like this , so why had she succumbed to temptation ? |
| 21 | She had felt quite revolted when Alec Ardis had , without the smallest encouragement , grabbed her ; she had felt nauseated when Fisher had , uninvited , caught hold of her ; so why had she felt none of these things last Tuesday night , when Naylor Massingham had taken her in his arms ? |
| 22 | She wanted a career and a love and both were possible so why had n't she called him , written to him ? |
| 23 | She was normally a very honest person — so why had she just lied through her teeth ? |
| 24 | So why had she come ? |
| 25 | So why pay extra and wait longer for one that 's made-to-measure ? |
| 26 | We 've done it since the oldest was five , so why stop it now , a mere 20 odd years later ? |
| 27 | ‘ I 've tried everything , so why go on trying to understand their hostile behaviour ? |
| 28 | The army have been keen to keep their anti-terrorist tactics secret , for obvious reasons , so why go public now ? |
| 29 | They had not taken exception to it before , so why start now ? |
| 30 | So why start the analysis by counting heads ? |