Example sentences of "why [modal v] [pron] [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | There is always someone somewhere who is going to say — ‘ Why must we have fund raising ? ’ — Unfortunately because of the financial climate today it is always going to have to be a part of our Medau way of life — anyway this ‘ do your own thing ’ method has proved so popular we plan to continued in to 1986 with your help , of course — but — if you have any brilliant ideas for our next venture please send them in to the Office . |
| 2 | ‘ But why , Nana , why must I have shoes ? ’ |
| 3 | Why should we separate sex from the soul ? |
| 4 | Why should we exclude people who are in prison ? |
| 5 | just want the job , to suit you if you wa , if you want to go and pick your kids up from school you 'd think that oh why should we do work today , you know , let somebody else do it ! |
| 6 | We do n't like 16-bit owners making fun of us 8-bit owners , so why should we make fun of the Spectrum ? |
| 7 | ‘ You do n't love me ; so why should we make love ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ But why should we kill Damien ? |
| 9 | Thorfinn said , ‘ Why should we lose men ? ’ and had the signal blown : to pull back and allow the enemy to withdraw . |
| 10 | ‘ Why should we spend money to get a book in a window that should be there anyway ? ’ |
| 11 | Why should they eat salt fish , when William and Joe commanded the seas ? |
| 12 | But when we went on strike they started making slate , so in a way they were scabs too , in these two officials , officials not touched a slate if they were er not making slate before , why should they make slate when we were on strike ? |
| 13 | What puzzled observers was that , if the umpires were unsure who caused the collision , prompting a green flag , why should they penalise Conner ? |
| 14 | I thought our social services people did that if they run that why should they direct people away from their own livelihoods . |
| 15 | Why should they sell bottles of NOT TO BE TAKEN ? |
| 16 | Why should anyone discuss floor polish ? |
| 17 | Why should she visit homes ? |
| 18 | Why should she get credit for it ? |
| 19 | Why should she trust God ? |
| 20 | ‘ Why should she kill Hopkins 's sister ? ’ |
| 21 | She did not know why she should feel such fear , because she felt for her mother not respect , but contempt : and why should she lack courage before someone whose attitudes were to her so transparently , pettily contemptible ? |
| 22 | Why should he build barns , drain land , clear wasteland and so on , if his landlord could turn him out at any time and reap the benefit of the improvement himself ? |
| 23 | If so , why should he show Jaq this ? |
| 24 | Why should he need stuff for making lenses ? |
| 25 | Why should he thank God for anger ? |
| 26 | But why should he kill Selkirk and Ruthven ? ’ |
| 27 | The fellow said he did n't give a fig about life so why should he fear death ? |
| 28 | Why should he fear Carla ? |
| 29 | ‘ Why should he have guilt ? ’ |
| 30 | Er , yes , but if you 're exporting the stuff why should it create inflation ? |