Example sentences of "why [verb] [pron] [adv] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why has it suddenly changed since nineteen hundred ? |
| 2 | Why did we always talk of it as ‘ the age of the Grammar School ’ ? |
| 3 | Why did she never listen to music ? |
| 4 | Why did she suddenly think of David Kent ? |
| 5 | Of course , if she found the right man , and she loved him — Now why did she suddenly think of David Kent ? |
| 6 | It was an innocuous question , so why did she suddenly feel as if she were facing the Inquisition ? |
| 7 | Oh , Christ , why did I ever get into this business ? |
| 8 | Why did I never think of this before ? she wondered blankly . |
| 9 | ‘ Why did I never hear of this ? ’ |
| 10 | Er now why did you actually move to the flats ? |
| 11 | Why did he always go for those parts , those double entendres ? |
| 12 | Why did it always have to be the trumpet-player ? |
| 13 | After glasses had been refilled one of us — Tony , I think — said , ‘ Why do we just talk about it ? |
| 14 | Why do we even come to the Netherlands ? |
| 15 | Why do we always argue about fishing rights and seem to have very little argument about oil ? |
| 16 | Why do they always want to be bosomy blondes is what I want to know . |
| 17 | Why do you always insist on burgling only second floor flats ? |
| 18 | ‘ Why do I ever argue with you , I ask myself , McAllister ? |
| 19 | Then why do I always feel as if I am falling off the edge of a cliff ? |
| 20 | ‘ Oh , Durkin is not such a bad chap , ’ Carew said and immediately thought , Why do I always jump to Durkin 's defence whenever he 's criticised ? |
| 21 | ‘ And anyway , why do I always have to be the German ? ’ |
| 22 | Why do I always look at houses that I ca n't , I 've got , not got the remotest chance of owning ? |
| 23 | For what a man seeth , why does he yet hope for ? |
| 24 | If Leeds are so shite why does he still go to Elland Rd to watch on his days off I wonder ? ? |
| 25 | Among the questions to which this project aims to apply recent public choice research are ‘ Why does anybody ever vote/work for a pressure group/stand for public office ? ’ 'What do bureaucrats seek to maximise ? ’ 'What ( if any ) political procedures ensure that what the people want is done ? ’ |
| 26 | And why does it always appear to be the same photograph ? |
| 27 | Why does it always have to be me ? ’ |
| 28 | She was normally a very honest person — so why had she just lied through her teeth ? |
| 29 | Why had she ever come to town to get herself an education ? |
| 30 | Why had she never realised before this that Dana had every right to do as she pleased , regardless of how her sister felt ? |