Example sentences of "[adv] why did [pers pn] [vb infin] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So why did they want to see Louise for then ? |
| 2 | But they did n't , so why did they want to come to Britain ? |
| 3 | So why did she want to stay ? |
| 4 | So why did she decide to leave after all ? |
| 5 | ‘ So why did he go to see you ? |
| 6 | ‘ So why did he come to see you ? ’ |
| 7 | So why did he keep blaming himself ? |
| 8 | so why did he have to die ? |
| 9 | Yes so why did you say shut up in the first place ? |
| 10 | ‘ Now why did you have to go and do that ? ’ |
| 11 | Now why did she have to blab that piece of information ? she wondered , becoming thoroughly irritated with herself . |
| 12 | But not when they 're eating , here why did I bother giving you a bath ? |
| 13 | Then why did I want to run away from it ? |
| 14 | Then why did you bother losing your sleep if no one can get in ? |
| 15 | ‘ Then why did you have to go back for treatment ? ’ |
| 16 | I presume you know something relevant , else why did you agree to come ? ’ |
| 17 | Australia was a big place ; no real reason to suppose he knew her parents , and yet why did she keep getting this feeling of being manipulated ? |