Example sentences of "why [verb] [noun] [vb infin] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Why did Albie borrow this ten grand ? ’ |
| 2 | Why did Sony give this young white funkateer an eight-album deal ? |
| 3 | Why did David choose this Firm ? |
| 4 | Why did God choose that particular form ? |
| 5 | Why did God say this ? |
| 6 | Why did people do that with their two faces ? |
| 7 | They seem to have bullied him and made him er , make concessions , and the question that Freud and Bullett constantly ask is , why did Wilson make these concessions , especially since his position was already defined before he came to Europe , you know he already laid down the fourteen points , and sold it to the American people . |
| 8 | ‘ Why do doctors have such terrible handwriting ? ’ he asked the cat , who had wandered in . |
| 9 | Why do changes like those mentioned above require Government or Local Council action and the work of county planning officers rather than that of individual business people ? |
| 10 | ‘ Why do Beefeaters wear those silly hats and hang around the Tower of London ? |
| 11 | Why do men express such hatred of women ? |
| 12 | Why do fretboards have that kind of uneven response ? |
| 13 | Jenny Lunt , 11 , of Anfield : Why do giraffes have such long necks ? |
| 14 | Why do bands make these amateurish , plodding ‘ live ’ videos ? |
| 15 | Why do stereotypes like this persist not just in folklinguistics but also in modern scientific linguistics ? |
| 16 | Why do people do these things ? |
| 17 | I mean why do people have to kind of , if , if , if we accept for a minute that there 's something in this analogy , this model that Freud is talking about , why do people have this compulsive need to repeat like this , why do they have to repeat history ? |
| 18 | Given its captive market , why does NIE have such a poor track record in improving efficiency , productivity and profits ? |
| 19 | Why does gravity do this ? |
| 20 | ‘ Why does Edward talk all the time ? ’ he once said . |
| 21 | Why does Sinai make such a difference ? |
| 22 | Why does Tony like this work ? |