Example sentences of "[noun sg] why [verb] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's now available for only seven shows out of twenty seven in the next programme and only on the first night of each show and only at a cost of two pounds and these are the audience of tomorrow as I wrote to you Mr you neglect these people at your peril why 've you changed the scheme ? |
| 2 | Just sugar and eggs in there , and the card why did you come back for ? |
| 3 | she was made of snow why do you think |
| 4 | This carries two great dangers : It risks damaging the UN 's moral authority and reputation for impartiality if it is seen as the vehicle of superpower foreign policy ; it causes huge embarrassment to the UN when , because of its own priorities , the US is unable to help , and the UN is then confronted with the question why have you failed to act decisively in our crisis while you were willing to do so in the case of Iraq 's aggression ? |
| 5 | When you 're putting yo together your menu why do you need to consider the staff ? |
| 6 | We would only need to witness a marked increase in trade and there will certainly be an increase in demand why do you think trade has increased ? and trade is n't a necessary condition it 's just that trade has tended to grow at the same time as erm as demand is growing . |
| 7 | Uncle has uncle why do you put five Ps in here ? |
| 8 | Nan why do they make him wear the trousers like ? |
| 9 | Why why does it have cos you think of Wales as the land of song why does it happen that if you go to Ireland you have got to sing ? |
| 10 | I mean you can organize every kind of thing why does it have to involve us ? |
| 11 | Oh bloody hell why do they have to put such long words in them ? |
| 12 | Gary was like Barry , like Barry Self : a lantern-jawed know-nothing , an unreflecting hedonist , a mastermould of brute conceit who none the less exploits a small but tenacious legacy of charm and luck Why do I bother with my father ? |
| 13 | Just on a technicality why do we need the two like this ? |
| 14 | Why do we why do we use visual aids like the overhead projector and the flip chart why do we use the things at all ? |
| 15 | mum why did they take it to pieces ? |
| 16 | Mum why did you bring some more clothes ? |
| 17 | Mum why did you say go away ? |
| 18 | Mum why did I bump into a chair ? |
| 19 | Lance , Lance , Lance , Lance why do you wear yours ? |
| 20 | erm Sam Sodding , and it used to , but I used to say to mother why did they call him Sam Sodding ? |
| 21 | On that view why did he stress that both the label-switching and the removal from the shelves had to take place ? |
| 22 | Is there any connection why have you coloured it in red biro ! |
| 23 | But why , you 'd just forced the door open prior to arrest why do you wait until you got to the bedroom , indeed got the bedroom door open before shouting armed police . |