Example sentences of "why [vb past] [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Why did ye let that oul bastard treat ye that way ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ If they were taking him to the police station , why did they walk three miles . |
| 3 | Why did they say that migration occurs even when we have high unem unemployment ? |
| 4 | But if the project 's scientists — and the intellectual giants who ran Britain 's nuclear programme at the time — were n't all that sure about the measurements , why did they call large press conferences ( on 23 January , 1958 ) and flood the scientific press with detailed descriptions of the work ? |
| 5 | Why did they wait two days before making contact ? |
| 6 | He looked perfectly amiable , so why did she get this feeling of apprehension , as though he was playing some sort of waiting game ? |
| 7 | The Doctrine is at best a circular re-statement of the obvious : Why did I experience those vibrations in the air as sounds ? |
| 8 | Why did I have this feeling ? |
| 9 | The first question really should be ‘ why did I buy this machine ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Why did you send that man to my office ? |
| 11 | Why , oh , why did you set such enquiries in train ? |
| 12 | So why did you bring three tubes of toothpaste with you ? |
| 13 | I 've got some erm announcements for this morning , Vicky , erm first of all I 'd like to introduce you to Anthony who comes from Longman 's Dictionaries why did , why did you do that Melanie ? |
| 14 | Why did you do that David ? |
| 15 | A and again , but why did you shout armed police , was there any particular reason for using those ? |
| 16 | Now why did you leave first time ? |
| 17 | Why did you choose modern furniture ? |
| 18 | Oh , why did you paint this picture ? |
| 19 | Right so you do it on other side and then work out what that comes to , so why did you multiply that side by a hundred ? |
| 20 | Why did you come this way ? ’ |
| 21 | Why did you take such trouble to make me believe you wished to marry Miss Ingram ? ’ |
| 22 | But you know , why did you take these policies out , you know the ten pound , ten pound , ten pound |
| 23 | ‘ Those words , ’ Monsieur Firmin said slowly , ‘ why did you say those words , Madame Giry ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ If it is n't true , ’ said Mavis coldly , ‘ why did you say this morning that your car would be just right for me ? ’ |
| 25 | Why did you approve this action ? |
| 26 | ( Why did you lose that contract ? |
| 27 | ‘ Why did you write that tailpiece to the article , by the way ? |
| 28 | ‘ Jacob , why did you let this stranger into my house ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Jamie , why did you cause that scene ? ’ |
| 30 | And why did you hit this car ? |