Example sentences of "why [verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] to i " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Then why did she lie to me ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Why did you come to me ? ’ |
| 3 | I said to her , Ah I thought that you were going Why did you lie to me saying that you were going to get a book . |
| 4 | ‘ Why did you lie to me ? ’ |
| 5 | Tell me , Robbie , why did you lie to me about Hugh ? |
| 6 | ‘ So why did you lie to me ? ’ |
| 7 | Well why did he say to me he wanted a girl ? |
| 8 | Gradually trust developed and themes emerged : sadness , ‘ A grief with no end ’ ; anger , ‘ Why did it happen to me ? ’ ; and frustration with the professionals who could not fully understand their plight . |
| 9 | Why do they happen to me , these numb , flushed , unanswerable , these pornographic things ? |
| 10 | ‘ Why do you cry to me ? |
| 11 | If your MP solicits your vote , say in your best Godfather voice : ‘ Why do you come to me now ? ’ |
| 12 | Why do you come to me with a proposal for something you have resisted all along ? ’ |