Example sentences of "why [verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] that [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So why did you multiply that by a thousand over one ? |
| 2 | The question " Were you speaking Patois or English just then ? " will not necessarily make a lot of sense to a member of the London Caribbean community , any more than the questions " Why did you say that in Patois ? " or " How would the effect of that be different if you said it in ordinary English ? " . |
| 3 | why did he do that for ? |
| 4 | Why did he do that to you ? |
| 5 | Oh why do they do that to him ? |
| 6 | ‘ Why do you do that with your hair ? ’ |