Example sentences of "why do you [vb infin] it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why did you want it to go so fast ? ’ |
| 2 | No , why , why did you have it cut off ? |
| 3 | why did you let it go because I caught my fingers so |
| 4 | Why did you let it go ? |
| 5 | ‘ So why , Steve ? ’ she asked earnestly , ‘ Why did you let it slip out of your reach ? ’ |
| 6 | Why do you think it failed ? |
| 7 | Why do you think it did n't fail er early on as a strike , er a as the fact it was only predicted it would last two or three weeks but it was obvious at the time it was gon na go on . |
| 8 | e.g. okay and whenever you describe this style you wan na think about right , take ugly blocks of concrete , okay ugly blocks of concrete , right , what is it and why do you think it looks like that ? |
| 9 | Now why I mean do you think it matters that these things are so that these things are so , that these things which we thought were in , you know private to you , and not available to other people so easily , why do you think it matters that they actually are apparently in return for mo payment , are available to anyone ? |
| 10 | Why do you want it to glow , it 'll show more if it glowed . |
| 11 | ‘ Why do you call it Ellomeyat pie ? ’ we eventually asked . |