Example sentences of "why [vb past] [pers pn] [vb infin] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | Think about it : why did we go to the cinema , in those days ? |
| 2 | Why did we respond in the way that we did ? |
| 3 | ‘ Why did you go to the trouble of hiring me if what you wanted were the same drab old styles of before ? ’ |
| 4 | Why did you go after the story in the first place if your position was n't clear ? ’ |
| 5 | Why did you sleep on the table ? |
| 6 | Why did you finish on the dredger ? |
| 7 | ‘ Tell me , Geoffrey , why did you stay in the Tower ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Why did you change over the eggs in that package ? ’ |
| 9 | ( ‘ Why did you come to the New World ? ’ one conquistador was once asked . |
| 10 | ‘ Why did you look at the two letters together ? ’ he asked . |
| 11 | ‘ Why did you look in the tunnel ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ But why did you sneak into the corridors to talk to me ? ’ asked Endill . |
| 13 | Now , why did you sneak into the village in such an underhand manner , instead of asking our permission ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Why did you lie to the police ? ’ |
| 15 | Why did you get off the train ? ’ |
| 16 | But why did he stand in the cold , on wet ground , for five or ten minutes ? |
| 17 | Indeed why did it flourish in the first place ? |