Example sentences of "why [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Why throw your life away ? ’ |
| 2 | Why graft your arse off for a full week to make £130 , when you could make £150 for one day 's shoplifting ? |
| 3 | Why make me pay for what Eddie did ? ’ |
| 4 | WHY MAKE ONE ? |
| 5 | I mean , why , why make it the pensioners every time ? |
| 6 | Why make your executives compromise when they can enjoy driving both ? |
| 7 | I pointed out that most sentences in the Bible began with And , but I was told that English had changed since the time of King James , In that case , I argued , why make us read the Bible ? |
| 8 | Why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture ? |
| 9 | ‘ Why fool yourself ? |
| 10 | ‘ Why answer him ? ’ |
| 11 | Why has everything got to be so squeaky dean as soon as the meal is finished ? ’ |
| 12 | Why has everything suddenly become she you 've only been doing this the last few days . |
| 13 | Why has everyone forgotten we were 4th the year before ( above scum ) , and the year before that won the 2nd division ? |
| 14 | ‘ Why has nobody come to take care of me ? ’ |
| 15 | The stress and strain on muscles and joints is considerable , but why has she not sent the doctor 's certificate as a matter of courtesy to the tournament authorities ? |
| 16 | We sometimes ask about a person : ‘ Why has she chosen that course of action ? |
| 17 | Why has she turned down David Pickering ? |
| 18 | ‘ Why has she come to confess now ? ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Then why has she gone away ? |
| 20 | Why has she gone away ? |
| 21 | Why has she done this to us ? |
| 22 | Why has she not spoken long ago in the right quarter ? |
| 23 | Why has she gone , Mammy ? |
| 24 | ‘ And why has she come to Willi 's party in that dreadful suit ? |
| 25 | Why has she come here for goodness sake Ar Art barked mentally choosing mushed up mushroom omelette and a roll of butter . |
| 26 | I mean really and truly mum with all these shops that are about , why has she got ta go in that one ? |
| 27 | Why has she got ta do it ? |
| 28 | WHY has my insurance gone up by 30pc in one year when I have not made a claim in 40 years , touch wood ? |
| 29 | You may ask me then : ‘ Why do n't we do just that ? why has there been this passionate search for some other method of preventing the fall in the value of money or controlling the fall in the value of money , if a cause and perhaps the major cause is undisputed , assessable and obvious ? ’ |
| 30 | So why has this critical theory had so little influence in the area of critical practice , why has there been no process of a filtering down of ideas from the ‘ high ground ’ of theory to the ‘ lower ground ’ of journalism , reviewing and the more quotidian criticism ? |