Example sentences of "why [vb past] [pron] [vb infin] to [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Then why did she lie to me ? ’ |
| 2 | Why did you speak to him ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Why did you come to me ? ’ |
| 4 | I said to her , Ah I thought that you were going Why did you lie to me saying that you were going to get a book . |
| 5 | ‘ Why did you lie to me ? ’ |
| 6 | Tell me , Robbie , why did you lie to me about Hugh ? |
| 7 | ‘ So why did you lie to me ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Then why did you agree to it ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Why did he talk to you about that anyway ? ’ demanded Ethel . |
| 10 | Why did he listen to us talking in the kitchen ? |
| 11 | Well why did he say to me he wanted a girl ? |
| 12 | ‘ Why did he come to you rather than me ? ’ she asked , through lips grown strangely dry . |
| 13 | And if she did slip away , why did it matter to him ? |
| 14 | ‘ Why did it happen to him ? ’ |
| 15 | Gradually trust developed and themes emerged : sadness , ‘ A grief with no end ’ ; anger , ‘ Why did it happen to me ? ’ ; and frustration with the professionals who could not fully understand their plight . |