Example sentences of "why do [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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1 | Why d' you think those jars 're here ? |
2 | ‘ Why did ye let that oul bastard treat ye that way ? ’ |
3 | ‘ If they were taking him to the police station , why did they walk three miles . |
4 | Why did they say that migration occurs even when we have high unem unemployment ? |
5 | 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 ? |
6 | Why did they wait two days before making contact ? |
7 | He looked perfectly amiable , so why did she get this feeling of apprehension , as though he was playing some sort of waiting game ? |
8 | The Doctrine is at best a circular re-statement of the obvious : Why did I experience those vibrations in the air as sounds ? |
9 | Why did I have this feeling ? |
10 | The first question really should be ‘ why did I buy this machine ? ’ |
11 | ‘ Why did you send that man to my office ? |
12 | Why , oh , why did you set such enquiries in train ? |
13 | So why did you bring three tubes of toothpaste with you ? |
14 | I 've got some erm announcements for this morning , Vicky , erm first of all I 'd like to introduce you to Anthony who comes from Longman 's Dictionaries why did , why did you do that Melanie ? |
15 | Why did you do that David ? |
16 | A and again , but why did you shout armed police , was there any particular reason for using those ? |
17 | Now why did you leave first time ? |
18 | Why did you choose modern furniture ? |
19 | Oh , why did you paint this picture ? |
20 | Right so you do it on other side and then work out what that comes to , so why did you multiply that side by a hundred ? |
21 | Why did you come this way ? ’ |
22 | Why did you take such trouble to make me believe you wished to marry Miss Ingram ? ’ |
23 | But you know , why did you take these policies out , you know the ten pound , ten pound , ten pound |
24 | ‘ Those words , ’ Monsieur Firmin said slowly , ‘ why did you say those words , Madame Giry ? ’ |
25 | ‘ If it is n't true , ’ said Mavis coldly , ‘ why did you say this morning that your car would be just right for me ? ’ |
26 | Why did you approve this action ? |
27 | ( Why did you lose that contract ? |
28 | ‘ Why did you write that tailpiece to the article , by the way ? |
29 | ‘ Jacob , why did you let this stranger into my house ? ’ |
30 | ‘ Jamie , why did you cause that scene ? ’ |