Example sentences of "why [verb] you [vb infin] [prep] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why d' you go to that blasted ship ? |
| 2 | ‘ When and why did you arrive at that conclusion ? ’ she queried quietly . |
| 3 | ‘ Why did you feel like that , do you think ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Then why did you pounce like that when I mentioned him ? ’ |
| 5 | " Jane , " he 'll ask as he signs an expense claim , Why did you invest in this trip to see Pierre Broger in Paris ? " |
| 6 | ‘ Why did you disappear like that ? ’ he asked . |
| 7 | ‘ Why did you tense like that when I mentioned Steve ? ’ she asked softly . |
| 8 | ‘ Now , Miss Harland , why did you come to this country ? ’ he asked quietly , and smiled at her . |
| 9 | For a few moments they moved in silence , then he said , ‘ Just as a matter of interest , why did you come to this party ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Then why did you come at all ? ’ |
| 11 | Now tell me , why did you look in these two young people 's bags ? |
| 12 | ‘ As you seem to have seen through the subterfuge from the very first moment , why did you agree to this trip ? ’ |
| 13 | Dear Harsnet , he wrote , why do you persist in this rigmarole of refusing even to acknowledge my existence ? |
| 14 | ‘ Why do you bother with such tricks ? ’ |
| 15 | Why do you think in this way ? |
| 16 | Why do you write on such small pieces of paper ? |
| 17 | Why do you come for that alarm ? |
| 18 | Why , why do you come to that judgment ? |
| 19 | ‘ Why do you come at all ? ’ |
| 20 | You say , now erm why do you listen to this particular music ? |
| 21 | Why do you object to that ? |