Example sentences of "why [vb past] [pron] [adv] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why did we always talk of it as ‘ the age of the Grammar School ’ ? |
| 2 | Why did they not interfere with catapults ? — these did more injury than other weapons . ’ |
| 3 | For the lord 's sake , then , why did they not put in some repairs ? |
| 4 | Then why did she not agree to it ? |
| 5 | Why did she never listen to music ? |
| 6 | Why did she suddenly think of David Kent ? |
| 7 | Of course , if she found the right man , and she loved him — Now why did she suddenly think of David Kent ? |
| 8 | It was an innocuous question , so why did she suddenly feel as if she were facing the Inquisition ? |
| 9 | Why did I not think of that , then ? |
| 10 | Oh , Christ , why did I ever get into this business ? |
| 11 | Why did I never think of this before ? she wondered blankly . |
| 12 | ‘ Why did I never hear of this ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Why did you not go to the feast ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Nurse Dungarvan , why did you not explain at once that Mr Leland was seeing a patient in here ? ’ |
| 15 | and I ca n't see the two people involved being able to stomach that very easily because questions like why did you not ask for counselling at the time or you were in charge and why did you not ensure he had any adequate |
| 16 | Er now why did you actually move to the flats ? |
| 17 | If he was terrified , why did he not run for safety , as any sensible rabbit would ? |
| 18 | Why did he always go for those parts , those double entendres ? |
| 19 | Why did it always have to be the trumpet-player ? |
| 20 | She was normally a very honest person — so why had she just lied through her teeth ? |
| 21 | When she got home , she answered an advertisement in the parish magazine for a baby minder ( how simple ; why had she not thought of it before — she was at home minding Charlotte anyway , so why not several more ? ) and offered herself to the Vicar 's wife for parish duties . |
| 22 | Why had she ever come to town to get herself an education ? |
| 23 | Why had she never realised before this that Dana had every right to do as she pleased , regardless of how her sister felt ? |
| 24 | Why had she never realised before now that Dana resented looking like her sister ? |
| 25 | Why had she never realised before how eerie the rustling of the trees could be , how creepy the sound of the breeze rattling the reeds that lined the riverbank ? |
| 26 | You had made me , but why had you not looked after me , and saved me from this pain and unhappiness ? |
| 27 | Why had I not thought of this before ? |
| 28 | Why had it never occurred to him to use it for more than carving ? |