Example sentences of "why do they " in BNC.

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1 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 ?
2 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 ? )
3 Why did they hit you , Marie ? ’
4 Why did they shift you down here ? ’
5 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 ?
6 Why did they build them on the top of hills ? ’ she asked Christopher .
7 If you were ill , why did they make you go away ? ’
8 Why did they decide to buy a £1,200 closed system for transferring spray when it can be done by hand for free ?
9 Why did they buy at that time ?
10 Election ‘ 92 : Why did they get it wrong ?
11 Why did they buy it , then ? ’
12 Why did they blow it ? … ’
13 Why did they choose to omit a particular miracle and why did they change the chronology elsewhere ?
14 Why did they choose to omit a particular miracle and why did they change the chronology elsewhere ?
15 Why did they do so well ?
16 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 ?
17 I suddenly wondered , why did they send him on that Adventuring course ?
18 Marian asked , ‘ and why did they attack you ? ’
19 Why did they try to burn her ? ’
20 ‘ Then why did they run for it ? ’ said Michael .
21 Then : ‘ Why did they not ? ’ he asked .
22 Why did they all go away ? ’
23 Why did they do it ?
24 Why did they appear so anxious ?
25 If these people are so keen on farming , why did they bother forming a band ?
26 Why did they always cloak everything , if not with seven veils , at least with one ?
27 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 ?
28 Why did they happen ?
29 ‘ WHY OH WHY DID THEY TRY TO CHANGE THE WORLD BY REPEATEDLY CONTRADICTING THEMSELVES ( AND WERE WE REALLY AT THE SAME GIG ? )
30 ‘ So why did they send you home ? ’ her mum asked .
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