Example sentences of "but why [verb] [pers pn] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Aye , the lepers and beggars must have somewhere to go , but why does it have to be on my front doorstep ? |
| 2 | ‘ Yes , but why does it have to be raised by means of a levy ? ’ |
| 3 | But why does it have to be that ? |
| 4 | ‘ He is good-looking , ’ Anne whispered to Diana , ‘ but why does he smile at me ? |
| 5 | ‘ But why do they pretend to be brother and sister ? ’ |
| 6 | Which is fair enough , but why do we go with him ? |
| 7 | Mum , but why do we have to . |
| 8 | But why do you have to be so hostile ? ’ |
| 9 | But why do I go to C , rather than to B ? |
| 10 | But why have you come to me ? |
| 11 | ‘ But why has he put in the mourning band ? ’ she thought |
| 12 | But why did they go for absolute egalitarianism in the first place then ? |
| 13 | For centuries the lane served no doubt as a cattle-road , but why did it come into existence at all , and when ? |
| 14 | Singularity , like , later , monogamy , was a difficult thing , a strain , almost an oddity : perhaps that was its appeal for him , but why did it have to be so ? |
| 15 | But why did he stand in the cold , on wet ground , for five or ten minutes ? |
| 16 | ‘ But why did you sneak into the corridors to talk to me ? ’ asked Endill . |