Example sentences of "but why [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But why exactly do these super-intelligent beings travel halfway across the universe in hi-tech spaceships to stick blunt instruments up people 's bottoms ? |
| 2 | ‘ Everyone keeps throwing Bruno 's name into the pot , but why just him ? |
| 3 | ‘ But why here ? ’ |
| 4 | But why here in Aldhelm 's hood ? |
| 5 | ‘ But why here ? |
| 6 | I can see it 's happening , but why here and-now ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ But why here , outside the walls of the city ? |
| 8 | ‘ But why ever not , my child ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ But why so early , for Christ 's sake ? ’ |
| 10 | But why so incensed ? |
| 11 | But why so adamant ? ’ |
| 12 | But why so urgent ! ’ |
| 13 | But why so little from the Indian sub-continent ? |
| 14 | Well s s but why so why should |
| 15 | ‘ But why so many British ladies ? ’ asked the young German student bemusedly as 60–odd enthusiasts of all ages tumbled off the coach at the Medau College in Coburg . |
| 16 | Mrs Thatcher 's style of government was a major factor in bringing about her fall ; but why now when it had been a matter of controversy throughout her premiership ? |
| 17 | But why now ? |
| 18 | ‘ But why now ? |
| 19 | Yeah but why though ? |
| 20 | But why only the elderly ? |
| 21 | But why only males should be given this extra piece of breathing apparatus has not satisfactorily been explained . |