Example sentences of "but why [verb] [pers pn] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But why do they wear so few clothes ? |
| 2 | ‘ But why do you shout so loudly ? ’ he asked . |
| 3 | But why have they change why have it always picking people up and saying er |
| 4 | ‘ But why have we come here ? ’ |
| 5 | But why did they do well out of them if they were free ? |
| 6 | Yes but why did he say why 's my grass greener than everybody else 's ? |
| 7 | ‘ But why did he come back ? ’ she asked helplessly . |
| 8 | But why did he come out on to the moor ? |
| 9 | People would say — usually his father — that if he was determined to be an artist , well and good , but why did he spend so much time with books , and silly French novels at that ? |
| 10 | ‘ But why did you go away , Christine ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ But why did you go back ? ’ |
| 12 | " But why did you run away from the hunting camp in the first place ? " |