Example sentences of "why do they " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Mrs Robson said , people had taken to war like they did to life : they had accepted it and were living with it and with all the things it did to them ; but why did them up top have to go and stop the flower trains coming from Cornwall ? |
| 2 | If the police are truly interested in being accountable to and building bridges with those that they police , why did they not discuss their plans with representatives of the community organisations on the estate ? |
| 3 | Reviewing national programmes , however , raises key and difficult questions for both donors ( why did they not co-operate more effectively ? ) and recipients ( how could they justify a range of prestige projects ? why are they more dependant on aid than ever ? ) |
| 4 | ‘ Why did they hit you , Marie ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Why did they shift you down here ? ’ |
| 6 | There they were , crawling on one tiny planet , not knowing why they were there : all in the same boat — why did they need to defend themselves against each other ? |
| 7 | ‘ Why did they build them on the top of hills ? ’ she asked Christopher . |
| 8 | If you were ill , why did they make you go away ? ’ |
| 9 | Why did they decide to buy a £1,200 closed system for transferring spray when it can be done by hand for free ? |
| 10 | Why did they buy at that time ? |
| 11 | Election ‘ 92 : Why did they get it wrong ? |
| 12 | ‘ Why did they buy it , then ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Why did they blow it ? … ’ |
| 14 | Why did they choose to omit a particular miracle and why did they change the chronology elsewhere ? |
| 15 | Why did they choose to omit a particular miracle and why did they change the chronology elsewhere ? |
| 16 | Why did they do so well ? |
| 17 | But if the project 's scientists — and the intellectual giants who ran Britain 's nuclear programme at the time — were n't all that sure about the measurements , why did they call large press conferences ( on 23 January , 1958 ) and flood the scientific press with detailed descriptions of the work ? |
| 18 | I suddenly wondered , why did they send him on that Adventuring course ? |
| 19 | Marian asked , ‘ and why did they attack you ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Why did they try to burn her ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Then why did they run for it ? ’ said Michael . |
| 22 | Then : ‘ Why did they not ? ’ he asked . |
| 23 | ‘ Why did they all go away ? ’ |
| 24 | Why did they do it ? |
| 25 | Why did they appear so anxious ? |
| 26 | If these people are so keen on farming , why did they bother forming a band ? |
| 27 | Why did they always cloak everything , if not with seven veils , at least with one ? |
| 28 | Since , as we have seen , both were bound on pain of dreadful punishments not to reveal the secrets of their Order , why did they do it ? |
| 29 | Why did they happen ? |
| 30 | ‘ WHY OH WHY DID THEY TRY TO CHANGE THE WORLD BY REPEATEDLY CONTRADICTING THEMSELVES ( AND WERE WE REALLY AT THE SAME GIG ? ) |