Example sentences of "why [verb] [pers pn] [verb] do " in BNC.

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1 I mean this is something that we could maybe be of help to in fact maybe something that I could be of help to them on because I actually do lectures on public relations how to assess what I mean at a very basic level you want to communicate with press how do you do it but before you do it why do you want to do it .
2 Why did they have to do their cooking on a fire ?
3 So why , why did you stop doing that ?
4 Why did you have to do it .
5 Why did you have to do it there for , you know ?
6 ‘ Well , if you 're such a fan of Rainbow 's way of life , why did you try to do what you did to her ?
7 Why did you agree to do it ? ’
8 Why did he have to do that ?
9 Why did he have to do that ?
10 Why did he have to do that ?
11 Why do we want to do that ? ’
12 And why do we bother doing one ?
13 But why do we need to do this ?
14 Why do they have to do that ? ’
15 Why do they have to do this sort of thing during Holy Week ?
16 I was having all that done one day and I heard one little girl say to another , ‘ Why do they keep doing her make-up ? ’
17 ‘ But — why do you want to do this ?
18 Why do you keep doing that ! ’ she snapped .
19 Why do you have to do it over Marks and Spencers ?
20 why do you have do it with that one ?
21 Why do I have to do Work Experience ?
22 The Chancellor of the Exchequer , Kenneth Clarke tells the programme how she once asked : ‘ Why do I have to do everything in this Government ? ’ and no-one had the nerve to give her the obvious answer — she did n't have to do everything .
23 Why do I have to do it in the middle ?
24 Why does he want to do that ? ’
25 Once we adopt this view of teachers or of any other human being , our starting question is no longer why does he/she fail to do X , but why does he/she do Y ?
26 Well why have they why have we got to do it she says ?
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