Example sentences of "[conj] why [verb] [pron] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or why do you speak with her ? |
| 2 | And why does he sit in her house waiting for her ? |
| 3 | What is the ‘ essence ’ or ‘ nature ’ of a horse , and why does it follow from this that a horse has a certain type of head or feet , or lives to the age it does ? |
| 4 | And why had she projected upon his face the likeness of John Zacharias ? |
| 5 | And why did they put on that charade with the fake bodies when they planned to send two live substitutes to England in the Renault ? ’ |
| 6 | And why did it have to be this man above all others who made her heart beat that little bit faster ? |
| 7 | ‘ When and why did you arrive at that conclusion ? ’ she queried quietly . |
| 8 | And why did you look at him so coldly ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ And why did he go like that ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ And why has she come to Willi 's party in that dreadful suit ? |
| 11 | And why do they sing in the way they do ? |
| 12 | And why do they look for an ALTERNATIVE interpretation |
| 13 | And why do I talk in this way ? |
| 14 | And why do you want to be the Prime Minister ? |
| 15 | ‘ And why do you insist on driving over every pothole ? |
| 16 | Aye , the lepers and beggars must have somewhere to go , but why does it have to be on my front doorstep ? |
| 17 | ‘ Yes , but why does it have to be raised by means of a levy ? ’ |
| 18 | But why does it have to be that ? |
| 19 | ‘ He is good-looking , ’ Anne whispered to Diana , ‘ but why does he smile at me ? |
| 20 | ‘ But why do they pretend to be brother and sister ? ’ |
| 21 | Which is fair enough , but why do we go with him ? |
| 22 | Mum , but why do we have to . |
| 23 | But why do you have to be so hostile ? ’ |
| 24 | But why do I go to C , rather than to B ? |
| 25 | But why have you come to me ? |
| 26 | ‘ But why has he put in the mourning band ? ’ she thought |
| 27 | But why did they go for absolute egalitarianism in the first place then ? |
| 28 | For centuries the lane served no doubt as a cattle-road , but why did it come into existence at all , and when ? |
| 29 | Singularity , like , later , monogamy , was a difficult thing , a strain , almost an oddity : perhaps that was its appeal for him , but why did it have to be so ? |
| 30 | But why did he stand in the cold , on wet ground , for five or ten minutes ? |