Example sentences of "[conj] why did you " in BNC.
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| 1 | And looking to heaven , I complained , ‘ And why did you let me ? ’ |
| 2 | ) . They 'll ask two-part questions : ‘ What made you leave then , and why did you choose to move to — ? ’ : leading questions : ‘ The company was in a terrible mess then — what part do you think your department played ? ’ ; and ‘ why ? ’ questions which require justification and can be asked ad infinitum : |
| 3 | The nineteen who said yes , where are you and why did you vote yes , there ? |
| 4 | He thought : And why did you have a gun for Christ 's sake ? |
| 5 | How and why did you adopt her ? ’ |
| 6 | And why did you look at him so coldly ? ’ |
| 7 | And why did you go out on strike in the first place ? |
| 8 | And why did you choose your pet — for its own attributes alone , or partly because your choice might influence others ' opinion of you ? |
| 9 | ‘ When and why did you arrive at that conclusion ? ’ she queried quietly . |
| 10 | And why did you have them ? |
| 11 | ‘ And why did you do that ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ And why did you do that , sir ? ’ he asked . |
| 13 | That sort of thing , right , and why did you want to use it ? |
| 14 | And and why did you go there ? |
| 15 | And why did you drag that poor innocent woman along ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ And why did you marry him ? ’ |
| 17 | And why did you start ? |
| 18 | ‘ And why did you come ? ’ she heard herself ask . |
| 19 | And why did you climb in in the first place ? ’ |
| 20 | Just when you and why did you leave ? |
| 21 | Well then when they start looking about a bit more , that is when it costs you because anything that Les has to get involved in , cos they go back to Les and say well why did he do this and why did you do that ? |
| 22 | And why did you hit this car ? |
| 23 | And why did you not do your actions ? |
| 24 | 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 |
| 25 | ‘ But why did you make me this way ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ But why did you sneak into the corridors to talk to me ? ’ asked Endill . |
| 27 | ‘ But why did you do it ? ’ he said . |
| 28 | I hate myself for asking , but why did you leave ? |
| 29 | ‘ But why did you go away , Christine ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ But why did you not tell me that at once ? ’ |