Example sentences of "why do [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

  Next page
No Sentence
1 But if the project 's scientists — and the intellectual giants who ran Britain 's nuclear programme at the time — were n't all that sure about the measurements , why did they call large press conferences ( on 23 January , 1958 ) and flood the scientific press with detailed descriptions of the work ?
2 A and again , but why did you shout armed police , was there any particular reason for using those ?
3 Why did you choose modern furniture ?
4 Why do we want everlasting stripes again ? ’ he said .
5 Why do we need multicultural mathematics ?
6 Why do we need economic growth ?
7 Why do we need extra funds
8 Why do we why do we use visual aids like the overhead projector and the flip chart why do we use the things at all ?
9 They said why do we get poor materials ?
10 Why do we get poor designs ?
11 Why do we have poor supervision ?
12 If anemones are not plants why do they need bright lights ?
13 Why do you set written work ?
14 Why do you think self-service stores are so popular :
15 Why do you do stupid things ?
16 I mean the British manufacture them , why , why do you buy Italian yarns ?
17 I said why do you work full time ?
18 JOE JACKSON : Why do you describe autobiographical writing as ‘ the enemy of fiction ’ ?
19 ‘ In my life , Oh why do I give valuable time to people who I 'd much rather kick in the eye ? ’
20 " Tell me , my little one , my daughter , why do I smell human bones ? "
21 In any case , why does one need traditional grammar to analyse such literary language of the past , if a modern framework can do the job better ?
22 Why does it need special care ?
23 why does she wear thick tights ?
  Next page