Example sentences of "[adv] why [vb past] [pers pn] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | But they did n't , so why did they want to come to Britain ? |
2 | So why did they want to see Louise for then ? |
3 | ‘ So why did they send you home ? ’ her mum asked . |
4 | ‘ So why did they send you ? |
5 | So why did they think that they had the er means to do it in nineteen forty seven ? |
6 | So why did she want to stay ? |
7 | So why did she decide to leave after all ? |
8 | So why did she feel so irresistibly drawn to him ? |
9 | She looked exactly how she had wanted to look , like a woman who had dressed for a man , so why did she feel so unsure of herself now ? |
10 | It was what she had thought only minutes before , so why did she feel this strange little ache to hear him repeat the sentiment ? |
11 | So why did she feel like this now ? |
12 | His tone was perfectly reasonable , affable even , so why did she feel as though he 'd just issued a command ? |
13 | So why did she have this totally irrational feeling that she had surprised him ? |
14 | There was no trace of a smile on his face , so why did she have the feeling he was laughing at her ? |
15 | She found no difficulty in detaching herself from Leif 's advances , so why did she seem pathologically incapable of breaking contact now ? |
16 | So why did she find it so difficult to ignore the mocking , taunting comments and treat them with the silent scorn they so richly deserved ? |
17 | He looked perfectly amiable , so why did she get this feeling of apprehension , as though he was playing some sort of waiting game ? |
18 | So why did she get the feeling that she had n't won the battle , but merely postponed the war ? |
19 | So why did she ask ? |
20 | So why did I fail ? |
21 | The DNA content must be a small proportion of the total , so why did I say that it was raining DNA rather than cellulose ? |
22 | She had actually thought of asking for no less than John now proposed ; so why did it feel like a slap in the face ? |
23 | So why did it end with dwindling audiences and a critical drubbing ? |
24 | ‘ So why did it go wrong ? ’ she asked a little bitterly . |
25 | So why did it attract so much comment ? |
26 | So why did it disturb him with Deana ? |
27 | So why did it recruit its presenters from Tory Wankers Against Taste ? |
28 | ‘ So why did it kill them , but leave all of us , and Urnst presumably , alive ? ’ |
29 | It was unfortunate when a zoo lost an eagle , so why did he feel so pleased about it ? |
30 | So why did he want one ? |