Example sentences of "why do you [vb infin] [pron] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why did you send her up to me ? ’ he asked . |
| 2 | " Why did you send me there ? " |
| 3 | Why did you want it up ? |
| 4 | ‘ Why did you bring her here ? ’ she muttered instead . |
| 5 | ‘ Why did you bring me down to watch that ? ’ he said gruffly . |
| 6 | But the people take no notice , and instead turn again to accusation : ‘ Why did you bring us up out of Egypt , to kill us and our children and our cattle with thirst ? ’ |
| 7 | You could have been a British Champion by now — why did you give it up ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Why did you pull me out of the protest ? ’ she asked , steely-eyed . |
| 9 | Yes , why did you pick him up with the cart ? |
| 10 | ‘ Why did you follow me up here ? ’ |
| 11 | Pat Thompson , aunt of 12-year-old victim Adele Thompson , wept as she yelled at them : ‘ Why did you take her away from us ? |
| 12 | Why did you take me there ? ’ |
| 13 | Why did you take him away from me ? ’ |
| 14 | Why did you take them out ? |
| 15 | Politicians , I have n't a clue , why did you fill it up with politicians , for goodness sake ! |
| 16 | With an embarrassed shrug , she leaned more comfortably against the seat , and , watching him for a few moments , asked curiously , ‘ Why did you invite me today ? ’ |
| 17 | But why did you get it too late ? |
| 18 | ‘ Why did you dislike him so much ? |
| 19 | ‘ Then why did you call him in ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Why did you freeze me out ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Why did you turn it down ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Why did you march me out like that ? ’ she managed to whisper eventually . |
| 23 | Why did you ask me up here ? ’ |
| 24 | Why did you ask her here ? |
| 25 | And we 're back to this thing that if you 're not interested in what you 've written , why do you think anybody else ought to be ? |
| 26 | Why do you think I why do you think I gave you the fucking job eh ? |
| 27 | Why do you think I bloody married you ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Why do you do it then ? ’ |
| 29 | Why do you do it overnight ? |
| 30 | [ to BELVILLE ] Why do you lace her so tight ? [ to PAMELA ] Ah , you may well look down . |