Example sentences of "why [verb] [pron] [vb infin] [pron] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | But why did they send them to you ? |
| 2 | mum why did they take it to pieces ? |
| 3 | So why did you tell it to them ? |
| 4 | ‘ Why did you want me to be at a disadvantage ? ’ she demanded . |
| 5 | ‘ Why did you introduce me to him , Madame ? ’ |
| 6 | And if he is a Friend ( she remembered the shadow-horror of her garden-master ) why did he do it to me anyway ? |
| 7 | why do you send him to school and then have to do school 's work ? |
| 8 | In the last resort the only satisfactory answer to the question , ‘ Why do you devote yourself to the attempt to understand ? ’ is , ‘ Because I derive so strong a satisfaction from doing so . ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Why do I allow myself to be persuaded by this unscrupulous Welsh Levantine ? ’ he asked . |
| 10 | ‘ Well , if he 's so decent , ’ said Amiss , as he donned the pyjamas he had specially bought for the purposes of room-sharing , ‘ why does he allow us to be fed so badly ? ’ |