Example sentences of "why do [pers pn] [vb infin] [verb] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why d' you prefer to return to a treadmill ? ’ |
| 2 | But they did n't , so why did they want to come to Britain ? |
| 3 | What a mystery it is , the way we carry on , thought Liz , as she moved on to more congenial entertainment : remembering , suddenly , the oft-repeated claim of an Austrian refugee analyst of her acquaintance , who frequently and unashamedly rejoiced in having had in his house at one time no less than five Nobel Prize winners , a claim which she had always found endearing , ridiculous , foolish , alarming , comic , in its nai¨veté , its precision , its ruthlessness : remembering the alarms and excitement of her own early encounters with the famous , the great , the titled , the rich : remembering the ancient yearning to crowd her life with people , with voices , with telephone calls , invitations , children , friends of children : remembering , in short the dread of solitude , the dread of reliving her mother 's unending , inexplicable , still-enduring loneliness : and across these memories , flitting in a half second , as she made her way , for light relief , towards Kate Armstrong , fortifying Kate , came the question — why did Henrietta Latchett , who must have been invited to a hundred parties tonight , who could never have known a lonely evening , why did she choose to come to us ? |
| 4 | Why did she have to rise to his taunts ? |
| 5 | What , why did you decide to go to those areas ? |
| 6 | Anyway , why did you want to speak to him ? |
| 7 | ‘ Why did you stop going to church , Bridget ? |
| 8 | ‘ Miss Osborne is crying again , ’ she said , and asked , aggrieved , ‘ Why did you stop talking to me ? |
| 9 | ) . They 'll ask two-part questions : ‘ What made you leave then , and why did you choose to move to — ? ’ : leading questions : ‘ The company was in a terrible mess then — what part do you think your department played ? ’ ; and ‘ why ? ’ questions which require justification and can be asked ad infinitum : |
| 10 | Why do we keep referring to it as ‘ that summer ’ — it was only last summer , after all . |
| 11 | ‘ Why do we have to go to Glastonbury ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Why do you want to go to America if it makes you so unhappy ? ’ |
| 13 | Why do you want to go to a party today ? |
| 14 | ‘ But why do you want to talk to me ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Then why do you want to talk to me ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Why do you want to talk to Mr Keen ? ’ he snapped . |
| 17 | ‘ Why do you need to speak to her ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Why do you keep coming to the club , all alone , week after week , particularly since you do n't even enjoy my singing ? ’ |
| 19 | Why do you have to turn to the other side , why ca n't you have it up the middle . . |
| 20 | Why does he refuse to talk to the Royal Society for the Protection of Birds about licensing to kill birds ? |