Example sentences of "why did you " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why did ye come back ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Why did ye let that oul bastard treat ye that way ? ’ |
| 3 | Why did you abandon it ? he asked again . |
| 4 | I paused for a moment , then added : ‘ Why did you come , then ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ I 've been wondering , now it seems , well , you 're leaving , why did you turn Socialist ? |
| 6 | Like , why did you feel the need to do this research on the RUC anyway ? … |
| 7 | Why did you stop playing ? ’ |
| 8 | Why did you join the Army ? |
| 9 | Then we were interrogated one by one : ‘ Why did you demonstrate ? |
| 10 | Why did you choose Mr Chung ? |
| 11 | I said rather disappointedly , ‘ Why did you say that ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Why did you not call the fire brigade ? ’ he asked . |
| 13 | ‘ Then , why did you do it ? ’ she cried bitterly . |
| 14 | ‘ Why did you bring me down to watch that ? ’ he said gruffly . |
| 15 | Why did you let them bring me here ? |
| 16 | But the people take no notice , and instead turn again to accusation : ‘ Why did you bring us up out of Egypt , to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst ? ’ |
| 17 | ( ‘ Why did you come to the New World ? ’ one conquistador was once asked . |
| 18 | None of the reviews were great , and John Candy is n't one of those must-see stars so why did you bother ? |
| 19 | ‘ Why did you come here ? ’ |
| 20 | In retaliation he said : ‘ Why did you come here , for that matter ? |
| 21 | ‘ Why did you come out into the hall ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Why did you fake your own death ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ But why did you make me this way ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ But if you really had discovered this way of changing people , why did you stop ? ’ |
| 25 | Q. Why did you ask Colonel North how many Hawks can you get in a 707 ? |
| 26 | If you were unwilling to forward my small gift , why did you send me the gentleman 's name and address ? |
| 27 | ‘ Why did you do it ? ’ she demanded . |
| 28 | She switched to me : ‘ Why did you invent the threesome involving Rozanov ? ’ |
| 29 | Vera asks me : ‘ Why did you stay a Communist for so long , even after your friend was executed in 1950 ? '' ’ The friend in question had been a schoolmate and they had worked together in the resistance . |
| 30 | Why did you take him away from me ? ’ |