Example sentences of "why [verb] [pron] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why make me pay for what Eddie did ? ’ |
| 2 | Why has everything got to be so squeaky dean as soon as the meal is finished ? ’ |
| 3 | Why has she turned down David Pickering ? |
| 4 | I mean really and truly mum with all these shops that are about , why has she got ta go in that one ? |
| 5 | Why has she got ta do it ? |
| 6 | ‘ And why has she come to Willi 's party in that dreadful suit ? |
| 7 | ‘ But why has he put in the mourning band ? ’ she thought |
| 8 | Why has it gone to somebody who ? |
| 9 | If the sole intention of the Association were to secure civil rights for Ulster Catholics while accepting and loyally supporting the constitution of the Ulster state … why has it admitted to its counsels and membership , as it undoubtedly has , a number of men from an organisation pledged to the destruction of that state ? |
| 10 | Why d' ya want to why d' ya |
| 11 | So why d' ya come to school okay ? |
| 12 | Why d' you go to that blasted ship ? |
| 13 | Why leave it to go to waste ? |
| 14 | Erm , what I found actually er erm even odder , was that is , if the servants knew about her , why did nobody appear at the wedding ceremony ? |
| 15 | Goibniu remembered that Gnomes were reportedly extremely greedy , but said they would take a look at the designs now , if the Gnomes were quite ready , thus galvanising the Gnomes into anxious industry , resulting in much unpacking of knapsacks and unrolling of parchments and remarks such as , ‘ Who 's got the plan of the turquoise bracelet ? ’ and ‘ Why did we bring along four sketches for the everyday silver tiara ? ’ and ‘ Flaherty 's sitting on the Coronation sceptre ! ’ |
| 16 | Think about it : why did we go to the cinema , in those days ? |
| 17 | ‘ Why did we go to Sheen ? ’ |
| 18 | Why did we respond in the way that we did ? |
| 19 | But why did they go for absolute egalitarianism in the first place then ? |
| 20 | Erm why did they move to Street , your family ? |
| 21 | Even with the wind of generosity at their back , why did they travel at a man 's walking pace ? |
| 22 | Why did they come on raids and why did they burn and steal ? |
| 23 | Why did they come to Moscow first ? ’ |
| 24 | And why did they put on that charade with the fake bodies when they planned to send two live substitutes to England in the Renault ? ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Apart from all that , if somebody heard him scream , why did they wait till now to say so ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Then why did they run for it ? ’ said Michael . |
| 27 | Why did they buy at that time ? |
| 28 | Why did they pick on you do you think Andrew , er James ? |
| 29 | Why did she feel like a raw beginner in medical school , having to explain her actions , or rather her lack of them , to a senior ? |
| 30 | So why did she feel like this now ? |