Example sentences of "why [verb] he [verb] the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Oh there we are , look , he 's dropped it now why has he dropped the look at that ! |
| 2 | But why did he feel the need of a gun ? |
| 3 | Why why did he make the move ? |
| 4 | And finally , thought Ian as he walked up through the Cathedral stairs from the crypt office , what does the Bishop want two of after Evensong and why did he put the phone down on me when he failed to get the odious Williams ? |
| 5 | ‘ Then why did he take the girl there ? ’ |
| 6 | If Wilko 's so keen to have Shez in the team that he 's willing to lose one of our best defenders , then why did he sell the man in the first place ? |
| 7 | If he does , why does he reject the sovereignty of the British people in taking the final decision on the matter in a post-legislative referendum ? |
| 8 | Why does he italicise the word ‘ speaking ’ ? |
| 9 | Cramer started at the beginning : Why had he quit the flat in Kensington ? |
| 10 | Why had he given the EQ such power ? |
| 11 | And why had he felt the need to go on pretending right up until the very last minute ? |
| 12 | And why had he persuaded the director to hire her ? |