Example sentences of "[Wh adv] do [pers pn] say " in BNC.
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| 31 | Why did they say you would tell me about Van Gogh ? " |
| 32 | Why did they say that migration occurs even when we have high unem unemployment ? |
| 33 | Why did she say she came , ere ? ’ |
| 34 | Why did she say ‘ almost ’ and not ‘ entirely ’ ? |
| 35 | Why did she say that ? |
| 36 | ‘ Why did I say what I said just now ? |
| 37 | Now why did I say problems ? |
| 38 | The DNA content must be a small proportion of the total , so why did I say that it was raining DNA rather than cellulose ? |
| 39 | Why did I say coventry ? ? |
| 40 | I said rather disappointedly , ‘ Why did you say that ? ’ |
| 41 | Why did you say you had my wallet otherwise ? ’ |
| 42 | ‘ Why did you say it was got in Miss Pine 's ? |
| 43 | ‘ Why did you say I was too posh ? ’ |
| 44 | ‘ Why did you say ‘ I want to say alive ’ ? ’ |
| 45 | Why did you say tender ? |
| 46 | Now , why did you , why did you say yes ? |
| 47 | Why did you say no ? |
| 48 | Those eighty six , why did you say yes when yo when I er ho how did you interpret what I said about worrying ? |
| 49 | Why did you say no out of interest ? , |
| 50 | The twenty who said no , let's just hear one or two of you , why why why did you say no ? |
| 51 | Why did you say I may not ? |
| 52 | ‘ Those words , ’ Monsieur Firmin said slowly , ‘ why did you say those words , Madame Giry ? ’ |
| 53 | ‘ If it is n't true , ’ said Mavis coldly , ‘ why did you say this morning that your car would be just right for me ? ’ |
| 54 | " Why did you say , Daddy , last night , that the people in the streets seemed content and happy ? " asked Joseph eagerly . |
| 55 | ‘ Why did you say you were his secretary ? ’ asked Camille . |
| 56 | Why did you say it was Our Lady we saw ? |
| 57 | ‘ Tess , why did you say ‘ no ’ so positively ? ’ |
| 58 | ‘ So why did you say you needed me around ? ’ |
| 59 | ‘ Why did you say he ’ — indicating the statement — ‘ he was a clever man ? ’ |
| 60 | The question " Were you speaking Patois or English just then ? " will not necessarily make a lot of sense to a member of the London Caribbean community , any more than the questions " Why did you say that in Patois ? " or " How would the effect of that be different if you said it in ordinary English ? " . |