Example sentences of "why [vb past] [pron] [adv] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Why did nobody else see these footprints ? ’ he asked . |
| 2 | Why did we not buy another younger centre half ? |
| 3 | Why did they not receive greater support ? |
| 4 | So why did she now feel this frightening apprehension — a deep , numbing fear of what lay ahead ? |
| 5 | Oh , why did she never meet any nice men ? |
| 6 | Why did you not do any actions ? |
| 7 | ‘ Why did you not mention this before ? ’ |
| 8 | Then he said , " If you thought it was so bloody good , why did you only read one page ? " |
| 9 | Why did he not do this instead ? |
| 10 | Why did he suddenly do that ? |
| 11 | They said at the trial that he was a kind husband , a good neighbour — why did he suddenly do this terrible thing ? |
| 12 | Why had he not excised this passage ? |
| 13 | Why had he not considered that possibility ? |
| 14 | Why , oh , why had she ever started this ? |
| 15 | Why had she ever got involved in that slanging match in the first place ? she wondered with a dark surge of anger . |
| 16 | Why had she ever opened that letter ? |
| 17 | Why had I not felt this when she was there ? |