Example sentences of "why [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Why throw your life away ? ’ |
| 2 | Why graft your arse off for a full week to make £130 , when you could make £150 for one day 's shoplifting ? |
| 3 | Why make your executives compromise when they can enjoy driving both ? |
| 4 | Why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture ? |
| 5 | WHY has my insurance gone up by 30pc in one year when I have not made a claim in 40 years , touch wood ? |
| 6 | Oh yes she said , we 've had it I thought well why send me letters , then ! |
| 7 | Why give our power away to others ? |
| 8 | So the most important factor is , of course , that a dog is a sound family friend and companion , but having said that , why limit your aspirations ? |
| 9 | WHY REMEMBER OUR DREAMS ? |
| 10 | As it was , she was very much aware of the healthy return of her appetite , so why cut her nose off to spite her stomach ? |
| 11 | So why did its industrial-sector peers only award Hanson fourth place , which left it out of our overall top 20 ? |
| 12 | But if the reformers are in the ascendant , why did their fragile 86-year-old leader , Deng Xiaoping , find it necessary to make an appearance on December 26th at a local election ? |
| 13 | So why were so many firms — and bits of firms — bought and sold in the 1980s , and why did their values vary so much ? |
| 14 | But , as Schopf asks , if such diverse communities were present at this early date , why did their members remain essentially unchanged for so long ? |
| 15 | Why did her mother have to go to Aberdeen ? |
| 16 | Why did her mother , a young and seemingly attractive girl , never come to terms with either widowhood or motherhood ? |
| 17 | Why did her mouth go dry and her treacherous heart start pounding away inside her chest like war drums in the jungle ? |
| 18 | Why did our ancestors decide to have a town at the site which is now the centre of Newcastle ? |
| 19 | Why did our village catch fire ? — The gods did it . |
| 20 | He asked : ‘ Why did our civilisation produce people who were afraid to con-quer , people who were afraid to win ? |
| 21 | ‘ Why did our large country , our wise and old and very large country , begin to think so small that we became a nation of losers , a country of discount shopkeepers content to bask in the glory of our heritage . ’ |
| 22 | Why did our son die ? |
| 23 | So let's , ask ourself these questions , not just for this woman of Samaria but for us , why did our Lord seek the interview with this woman ? |
| 24 | Why did my uncle bury the key ? |
| 25 | Why did my baby die ? |
| 26 | ‘ Why did your brother always quote these ? ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Why did your mother hate your wife ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ And why did your friend tell you all this ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Why did your father live here rather than at the palazzo ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Why did your father insist on meeting his friends every year just before Christmas ? ’ |