Example sentences of "why [verb] [pron] [vb infin] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why d' ya take a picture ? |
| 2 | But why did we get a reasonable result for the electric field ? |
| 3 | Q : Why did we close a Johnson Brothers factory last year if the brand is so important ? |
| 4 | Presently she said , ‘ Then why did they have a row ? ’ |
| 5 | Why did they have a folding table for travelling or |
| 6 | Why did they need a boat-house ? |
| 7 | Why did I want a convertible so desperately ? |
| 8 | Why did I buy a number of odd cones of cotton ? |
| 9 | I rather thought just wanted to contrast it with the other case and er it may not be obvious to the jury but why , why did you want a shot gun that 's a little shorter ? |
| 10 | Vera asks me : ‘ Why did you stay a Communist for so long , even after your friend was executed in 1950 ? '' ’ The friend in question had been a schoolmate and they had worked together in the resistance . |
| 11 | Why did you take a whore ? |
| 12 | He thought : And why did you have a gun for Christ 's sake ? |
| 13 | Why did you have a sweet at school ? |
| 14 | ‘ Why did you become a Muslim ? ’ he said . |
| 15 | ‘ Why did you get a taxi ? ’ he asked , watching her intently , his body very still . |
| 16 | Oh why did you get a merit mark for French ? |
| 17 | ‘ Why did you buy a foreign car ? ’ he said . |
| 18 | Dorian liked him , but why did he feel a little afraid of him ? |
| 19 | Why did he expect a good crop of sugarbeet ? |
| 20 | Why did it have a question mark ? |
| 21 | Now why did it get a reprieve ? |
| 22 | Why do we need a Christian response to AIDS ? |
| 23 | Why do we need a dynamic specification ? |
| 24 | But why do we value a firm in terms of its liabilities rather than its assets ? |
| 25 | The third thing is in this summation function , why do we use a summation function . |
| 26 | Why do we have a penal system ? |
| 27 | The Arab said , ‘ Why do they think a fleet is coming ? ’ |
| 28 | After all , why do they need a coach station ? |
| 29 | A caller rang in and wanted to know if gipsies are travellers why do they need a permanent site . |
| 30 | This is a this is a question we very often get asked , why do they sell a thirteen amp fuse with a thirteen amp plug if it only wants a five amp in ? |