Example sentences of "why [verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] that [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Why did ye let that oul bastard treat ye that way ? ’ |
| 2 | Why did they say that migration occurs even when we have high unem unemployment ? |
| 3 | ‘ Why did you send that man to my office ? |
| 4 | 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 ? |
| 5 | ( Why did you lose that contract ? |
| 6 | ‘ Why did you write that tailpiece to the article , by the way ? |
| 7 | ‘ Jamie , why did you cause that scene ? ’ |
| 8 | Why — why — why ? she had asked herself over and over again , why did it end that way ? |
| 9 | Why do birds fall in love , why do birds sing so gay , why do they sing that song , why do they |
| 10 | okay Why do you think that intra industry trade has risen , say over the last fifty years ? |
| 11 | Why do you choose that brand ? |
| 12 | Okay , that 's the question is why , why does it have that structure ? |
| 13 | Why does she keep that fire engine ? |
| 14 | ‘ Why does she behave that way ? ’ |