Example sentences of "why [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One reason , one major reason why got to play a pa a role in Europe , to po protect the interests of the work force within and I make no apologies for any of the visits that any of our members have been on because they 've all been worthwhile . |
| 2 | The reasons why took rather longer to explain and , like her decision , was between themselves , for strain though she might , Gwendolen could not hear . |
| 3 | But why chose this as a means of capturing the hearer 's attention ? |
| 4 | Why did you abandon it ? he asked again . |
| 5 | If he was ill , bad luck , but why did he have to ruin everything for me ? |
| 6 | ‘ Why did he talk to you about that anyway ? ’ demanded Ethel . |
| 7 | ‘ But why did n't the first guest get the poisoned beef ? ’ |
| 8 | Also screening are films from Japan and Korea : WHY DID BODHI DHARMA LEAVE FOR THE EAST ? : the re-issued Kurosawa classic DERSU UZALA and CIRCUS BOYS , by talented young director Kaizo Hayashi . |
| 9 | ‘ Why did that stupid idiot put her stupid fifty-pound note inside my pocket ? ’ |
| 10 | I paused for a moment , then added : ‘ Why did you come , then ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Why did n't you try Amsterdam ? ’ |
| 12 | And why did she bother ? |
| 13 | Someone at the bell — why did his factor and nephew Robert not go out and stop them ? |
| 14 | Why did so many of the children put the ‘ e ’ and the ‘ i ’ the wrong way round again in ‘ their ’ ? |
| 15 | The Doctrine is at best a circular re-statement of the obvious : Why did I experience those vibrations in the air as sounds ? |
| 16 | Why did I rush out like that ? |
| 17 | ‘ I 've been wondering , now it seems , well , you 're leaving , why did you turn Socialist ? |
| 18 | Why did she belong to Harriet then ? |
| 19 | Why did I bother to tell her , only to have her shout at me , accuse me of being crazy to wake her up for that and tell me to keep my nose out of her brother 's business , especially since it was nothing to do with me . |
| 20 | Why did n't I go home to my own country taking with me the sheet which bore the stains of my virginity . |
| 21 | Why did n't you bring them with you ? ’ |
| 22 | So why did He make such a pig 's ear of the climate ? |
| 23 | Why did pollution-sensitive lichens survive on affected trees ? |
| 24 | Why did he follow J R Ewing , the epitome of 1980s TV , with a western about a gunfighter turned foster father ? |
| 25 | If the police are truly interested in being accountable to and building bridges with those that they police , why did they not discuss their plans with representatives of the community organisations on the estate ? |
| 26 | ‘ In that case , ’ I said , ‘ why did n't you bring it with you ? ’ |
| 27 | Fabian grumbles : ‘ Ah , why did n't I just go to Hungary as well … |
| 28 | Why did n't you save up the bad news for after May 5 ? |
| 29 | Why did a young black American idealist leave his British lover to fight the Vietnam war ? |
| 30 | ‘ Why did we stop ? |