Example sentences of "why [adv] [verb] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why exactly do you want to leave home so badly ? ’ |
| 2 | All her insecurities surged painfully as , throwing caution to the winds , she confronted him furiously , demanding imperiously , ‘ Why exactly have you brought me here , Rune ? |
| 3 | It 's not a position where A number of people have the idea that it ca n't be a beneficiary , it can , it often is a beneficiary for the obvious reason that if the beneficiaries are getting the goodies , why not make them do the work necessary to get hold of them ? |
| 4 | Why not extend you holiday by staying on for a few nights in Copenhagen ? |
| 5 | If your school or club does not have group membership already , why not suggest they join ? |
| 6 | ‘ Then why not help me to improve ? |
| 7 | Why not permit him to consummate his ideas for the annex , which include a ‘ Museum of the Americas ’ combining North and South American native , colonial , and modern art ? |
| 8 | But she did n't respond — at least she did n't do that ! — or only a little bit , only the very smallest bit , because it was so very sweet , so very exciting , so very much what she had always hoped a kiss might be , and if he believed it was what she wanted , why not let him think so ? |
| 9 | And what 's more , why not have him continue to work closely with the staff , maintaining an office at the museum , and receiving pay equivalent to his annual $150,000 salary ? |
| 10 | Why not get them thinking in terms of ‘ peach ’ or even ‘ cracker ’ ? |
| 11 | Why not get it pressed by Bonnyton Designs of Eastwood ? |
| 12 | Why not let him think he 'd won the argument ? |
| 13 | He strongly believes that if there is a chance someone 's suffering can be helped by an alternative method , then why not let them try it . |
| 14 | Why not let me poke around quietly ? |
| 15 | ‘ Look , ’ she said quickly , ‘ why not let me get you a drink ? |
| 16 | ‘ Why not let me write it for you ? ’ said Nurse Rose . |
| 17 | Why not let it continue with the good work ? ’ |
| 18 | If you have a tale to tell , and idea to share , or a d-i-y tip to pass on , why not let us know ? |
| 19 | ‘ Oh , but Finn , why ever does he want you |
| 20 | Why ever had she taken it so badly ? |
| 21 | Why ever did we marry so young , they asked one another . |
| 22 | " Well , then , " she continued , with what seemed to her to be the very height of aware sophistication , " why ever did you want to come here on this sort of trip ? " |
| 23 | ‘ Oh , Richard , why ever did you stay with such a woman ? ’ she murmured . |
| 24 | Why ever did you go to the funeral ? ’ |
| 25 | Why ever did you do that ? ’ |
| 26 | Why ever did you do it ? |
| 27 | Why ever did he bother to write them out ? the landlady asked , gravely vexed and insulted . |
| 28 | I know , but she 's still got a cracking bust that 's why How did you get on with your table tennis this afternoon ? |
| 29 | Why then had she ended up in such a mess ? |
| 30 | Why then does it matter at what point in time the property passes ? |