Example sentences of "[coord] why [verb] [pers pn] [verb] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That sort of thing , right , and why did you want to use it ? |
| 2 | ) . They 'll ask two-part questions : ‘ What made you leave then , and why did you choose to move to — ? ’ : leading questions : ‘ The company was in a terrible mess then — what part do you think your department played ? ’ ; and ‘ why ? ’ questions which require justification and can be asked ad infinitum : |
| 3 | And why do we have to have double bass players featured ? |
| 4 | Who are these people still growing Gamay in Champagne and why do they want to continue ? |
| 5 | And why do you want to see the letter ? ’ |
| 6 | But why had he come to see our pissy show ? |
| 7 | Hitler had taken on the mysterious Soviets , but why had he chosen to invade Russia and not the British Isles ? |
| 8 | That 's just , that 's just but why does it have to happen ? |
| 9 | But why do we need to do this ? |
| 10 | But why do you choose to comment on it , even to yourself ? |
| 11 | ‘ I … er … but why do you want to see them ? ’ he asked plaintively . |
| 12 | But why do you want to see Celia ? |
| 13 | Yeah , but why do you want to see the the T V programme , it 's useless ! |
| 14 | ‘ But why do you want to talk to me ? ’ |
| 15 | But why do you want to know , my friend ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ But why do you want to know ? ’ |
| 17 | Yeah about quarter to or , give yourself time to get there but why do you want to get there early ? |
| 18 | But why do you have to leave it in the fridge ? |
| 19 | But why do you have to keep it ? |
| 20 | But why do I have to say thank you ? |
| 21 | But why do I have to put up with election leaflets coming through my letter box at 6.30am ? |
| 22 | Yeah but why do I have to take it back ? |
| 23 | But why did they choose to build on their own valuable market places instead of expanding outwards into suburbs ? |
| 24 | But why did he want to keep her here ? |
| 25 | But why did he choose to live in Bali rather than England ? |
| 26 | If he was ill , bad luck , but why did he have to ruin everything for me ? |
| 27 | But why did he have to leave his job ? |