Example sentences of "why [vb past] [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun pl] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If they were taking him to the police station , why did they walk three miles . |
| 2 | Why did they wait two days before making contact ? |
| 3 | The Doctrine is at best a circular re-statement of the obvious : Why did I experience those vibrations in the air as sounds ? |
| 4 | Why , oh , why did you set such enquiries in train ? |
| 5 | So why did you bring three tubes of toothpaste with you ? |
| 6 | A and again , but why did you shout armed police , was there any particular reason for using those ? |
| 7 | But you know , why did you take these policies out , you know the ten pound , ten pound , ten pound |
| 8 | ‘ Those words , ’ Monsieur Firmin said slowly , ‘ why did you say those words , Madame Giry ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Why did you keep those papers ? |
| 10 | What , why did he make those threats then ? |
| 11 | No but I mean why did it take three hours to get him to surgery ? |
| 12 | Why had he allowed two days to go by ? |
| 13 | Why had she done these things ? |