Example sentences of "why did you " in BNC.
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1 | Why did you abandon it ? he asked again . |
2 | I paused for a moment , then added : ‘ Why did you come , then ? ’ |
3 | ‘ I 've been wondering , now it seems , well , you 're leaving , why did you turn Socialist ? |
4 | Like , why did you feel the need to do this research on the RUC anyway ? … |
5 | Why did you stop playing ? ’ |
6 | Why did you join the Army ? |
7 | Then we were interrogated one by one : ‘ Why did you demonstrate ? |
8 | Why did you choose Mr Chung ? |
9 | I said rather disappointedly , ‘ Why did you say that ? ’ |
10 | ‘ Why did you not call the fire brigade ? ’ he asked . |
11 | ‘ Then , why did you do it ? ’ she cried bitterly . |
12 | ‘ Why did you bring me down to watch that ? ’ he said gruffly . |
13 | Why did you let them bring me here ? |
14 | But the people take no notice , and instead turn again to accusation : ‘ Why did you bring us up out of Egypt , to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst ? ’ |
15 | ( ‘ Why did you come to the New World ? ’ one conquistador was once asked . |
16 | None of the reviews were great , and John Candy is n't one of those must-see stars so why did you bother ? |
17 | ‘ Why did you come here ? ’ |
18 | In retaliation he said : ‘ Why did you come here , for that matter ? |
19 | ‘ Why did you come out into the hall ? ’ |
20 | ‘ Why did you fake your own death ? ’ |
21 | ‘ But why did you make me this way ? ’ |
22 | ‘ But if you really had discovered this way of changing people , why did you stop ? ’ |
23 | Q. Why did you ask Colonel North how many Hawks can you get in a 707 ? |
24 | If you were unwilling to forward my small gift , why did you send me the gentleman 's name and address ? |
25 | ‘ Why did you do it ? ’ she demanded . |
26 | She switched to me : ‘ Why did you invent the threesome involving Rozanov ? ’ |
27 | Vera asks me : ‘ Why did you stay a Communist for so long , even after your friend was executed in 1950 ? '' ’ The friend in question had been a schoolmate and they had worked together in the resistance . |
28 | Why did you take him away from me ? ’ |
29 | People always ask , ‘ Why did you come back ? ’ when someone has been living abroad . |
30 | ‘ But why did you sneak into the corridors to talk to me ? ’ asked Endill . |