Example sentences of "then why [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But if nuclear power was as dangerous , polluting and unhealthy as its opponents believed , then why had it survived so long ? |
| 2 | Then why had he gone this particular morning ? |
| 3 | Then why had n't he said ? |
| 4 | But then why had they taken the tutor , T'ai Cho and afterwards released him ? |
| 5 | If it was not a community crime , if the Pitts had not been slaughtered because they stood out from their fellows in a way the neighbourhood resented , then why had they died ? |
| 6 | Then why had he told Gwen he knew her parents ? |
| 7 | If Alain had been intrigued by her colouring since he had first seen her then why had n't Marguerite said so ? |
| 8 | Then why had her hands become inexplicably clammy — and how could she account for the unsteadiness of her breathing ? |
| 9 | If you 're in a hurry to go then why waste your time talking to me ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Then why hide the fact ? ’ |
| 11 | I do , clearly , do n't I. Then why do n't I like it ? ) |
| 12 | And the other point which lies beyond the reef of my comprehension : if you have been deserted by Daddy , then why react by going to bed with Daddy-substitutes , by donating la fleur de l'âge to a line-up of old gropers ? |
| 13 | ‘ Then why leave now ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Then why involve her at all ? ’ |
| 15 | If such skills are not necessary for the campaigns wanted or the solutions needed , then why bother ? |
| 16 | ‘ Then why bother phoning ? ’ asked Adrian McCann , rubbing a hand over his close-cropped hair . |
| 17 | ‘ Then why bother with him ? ’ asked Scarlet . |
| 18 | ’ Then why bother me with it ? ’ |
| 19 | Then why scratched be thy face ? |
| 20 | Then why give in to him ? he asked himself . |
| 21 | Many times have I heard people say , ‘ But if there is a God up there , then why does he not help me in my dilemma ? ’ |
| 22 | Then why does he hate it ? |
| 23 | ‘ Then why does n't she visit me ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Then why does n't he write to me ? ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Then why does n't he hop it ? ’ demanded Lydia . |
| 26 | ‘ Then why does he have it there ? ’ |
| 27 | Ellen said , ‘ Then why does n't she go on a diet ? ’ |
| 28 | Harvey said very reasonably , ‘ Then why does he go around wearing that ankle-length overcoat with the astrakhan collar ? |
| 29 | he would n't have to see it , he could just know it 's there but then why does he say , I imagine it |
| 30 | ‘ Then why does n't he — ’ She stopped dead , blushing to the roots of her hair . |