Example sentences of "why [vb past] you [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Why did ye let that oul bastard treat ye that way ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Why did you send that man to my office ? |
| 3 | Why , oh , why did you set such enquiries in train ? |
| 4 | So why did you bring three tubes of toothpaste with you ? |
| 5 | I 've got some erm announcements for this morning , Vicky , erm first of all I 'd like to introduce you to Anthony who comes from Longman 's Dictionaries why did , why did you do that Melanie ? |
| 6 | Why did you do that David ? |
| 7 | A and again , but why did you shout armed police , was there any particular reason for using those ? |
| 8 | Now why did you leave first time ? |
| 9 | Why did you choose modern furniture ? |
| 10 | Oh , why did you paint this picture ? |
| 11 | 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 ? |
| 12 | Why did you come this way ? ’ |
| 13 | Why did you take such trouble to make me believe you wished to marry Miss Ingram ? ’ |
| 14 | But you know , why did you take these policies out , you know the ten pound , ten pound , ten pound |
| 15 | ‘ Those words , ’ Monsieur Firmin said slowly , ‘ why did you say those words , Madame Giry ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ If it is n't true , ’ said Mavis coldly , ‘ why did you say this morning that your car would be just right for me ? ’ |
| 17 | Why did you approve this action ? |
| 18 | ( Why did you lose that contract ? |
| 19 | ‘ Why did you write that tailpiece to the article , by the way ? |
| 20 | ‘ Jacob , why did you let this stranger into my house ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Jamie , why did you cause that scene ? ’ |
| 22 | And why did you hit this car ? |
| 23 | ‘ Why did you keep those papers ? |