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 ? |