Example sentences of "why [verb] they " in BNC.

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1 But why bury them there ?
2 Why lock them ? ’
3 But then , why give them up so abruptly ?
4 Letters avoid this , which is why writing them becomes such an important part of the daily ritual .
5 So why invite them this year ?
6 Why take them to bed ?
7 Why mention them ?
8 Why leave them lying about like that ?
9 ‘ No , why bother them ?
10 As Mrs Robson said , people had taken to war like they did to life : they had accepted it and were living with it and with all the things it did to them ; but why did them up top have to go and stop the flower trains coming from Cornwall ?
11 If the police are truly interested in being accountable to and building bridges with those that they police , why did they not discuss their plans with representatives of the community organisations on the estate ?
12 Reviewing national programmes , however , raises key and difficult questions for both donors ( why did they not co-operate more effectively ? ) and recipients ( how could they justify a range of prestige projects ? why are they more dependant on aid than ever ? )
13 Why did they hit you , Marie ? ’
14 Why did they shift you down here ? ’
15 There they were , crawling on one tiny planet , not knowing why they were there : all in the same boat — why did they need to defend themselves against each other ?
16 Why did they build them on the top of hills ? ’ she asked Christopher .
17 If you were ill , why did they make you go away ? ’
18 Why did they decide to buy a £1,200 closed system for transferring spray when it can be done by hand for free ?
19 Why did they buy at that time ?
20 Election ‘ 92 : Why did they get it wrong ?
21 Why did they buy it , then ? ’
22 Why did they blow it ? … ’
23 Why did they choose to omit a particular miracle and why did they change the chronology elsewhere ?
24 Why did they choose to omit a particular miracle and why did they change the chronology elsewhere ?
25 Why did they do so well ?
26 But if the project 's scientists — and the intellectual giants who ran Britain 's nuclear programme at the time — were n't all that sure about the measurements , why did they call large press conferences ( on 23 January , 1958 ) and flood the scientific press with detailed descriptions of the work ?
27 I suddenly wondered , why did they send him on that Adventuring course ?
28 Marian asked , ‘ and why did they attack you ? ’
29 Why did they try to burn her ? ’
30 ‘ Then why did they run for it ? ’ said Michael .
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