Example sentences of "why did [pers pn] say " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why did they say you would tell me about Van Gogh ? " |
| 2 | Why did they say that migration occurs even when we have high unem unemployment ? |
| 3 | Why did she say she came , ere ? ’ |
| 4 | Why did she say ‘ almost ’ and not ‘ entirely ’ ? |
| 5 | Why did she say that ? |
| 6 | ‘ Why did I say what I said just now ? |
| 7 | Now why did I say problems ? |
| 8 | The DNA content must be a small proportion of the total , so why did I say that it was raining DNA rather than cellulose ? |
| 9 | Why did I say coventry ? ? |
| 10 | I said rather disappointedly , ‘ Why did you say that ? ’ |
| 11 | Why did you say you had my wallet otherwise ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Why did you say it was got in Miss Pine 's ? |
| 13 | ‘ Why did you say I was too posh ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Why did you say ‘ I want to say alive ’ ? ’ |
| 15 | Why did you say tender ? |
| 16 | Now , why did you , why did you say yes ? |
| 17 | Why did you say no ? |
| 18 | Those eighty six , why did you say yes when yo when I er ho how did you interpret what I said about worrying ? |
| 19 | Why did you say no out of interest ? , |
| 20 | The twenty who said no , let's just hear one or two of you , why why why did you say no ? |
| 21 | Why did you say I may not ? |
| 22 | ‘ Those words , ’ Monsieur Firmin said slowly , ‘ why did you say those words , Madame Giry ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ If it is n't true , ’ said Mavis coldly , ‘ why did you say this morning that your car would be just right for me ? ’ |
| 24 | " Why did you say , Daddy , last night , that the people in the streets seemed content and happy ? " asked Joseph eagerly . |
| 25 | ‘ Why did you say you were his secretary ? ’ asked Camille . |
| 26 | Why did you say it was Our Lady we saw ? |
| 27 | ‘ Tess , why did you say ‘ no ’ so positively ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ So why did you say you needed me around ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Why did you say he ’ — indicating the statement — ‘ he was a clever man ? ’ |
| 30 | The question " Were you speaking Patois or English just then ? " will not necessarily make a lot of sense to a member of the London Caribbean community , any more than the questions " Why did you say that in Patois ? " or " How would the effect of that be different if you said it in ordinary English ? " . |