Example sentences of "why [verb] [pers pn] [verb] so " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Why has it taken so long ? |
| 2 | Why has it taken so long for this in his technique to be exposed ? |
| 3 | Why has it taken so long to bring interconnection back on to the agenda ? |
| 4 | Why d' ya take so long in I ca n't be prepared to do all that ? |
| 5 | Why d' you get so mad if anyone asks you — ’ |
| 6 | Why did we do so much better than the pundits and opinion polls predicted ? |
| 7 | Why did they do so well ? |
| 8 | Why did they do so ? |
| 9 | Why did they appear so anxious ? |
| 10 | ‘ Then why did they come so far ? |
| 11 | When had she ever cared and why did she care so sharply now ? |
| 12 | Why did she feel so worried ? |
| 13 | Why did she feel so much more a person when she was not being virtuous ? |
| 14 | So why did she feel so irresistibly drawn to him ? |
| 15 | Why did she feel so strange , so … ashamed ? |
| 16 | She looked exactly how she had wanted to look , like a woman who had dressed for a man , so why did she feel so unsure of herself now ? |
| 17 | Why did I take so long each morning ? |
| 18 | ‘ Oh , why did I cry so much ? ’ said Alice . |
| 19 | Occasionally he 'll ask a question such as : Why did you need so many taxis in Hong Kong ? " |
| 20 | Why did you take so long to choose your book Charlotte ? |
| 21 | ‘ Why did you get so cross with the critic ? ’ asked Betty with a knowing and unbelieving smile . |
| 22 | ‘ Why did you wait so long ? ’ |
| 23 | It was unfortunate when a zoo lost an eagle , so why did he feel so pleased about it ? |
| 24 | Why did he grin so much , showing his discoloured teeth ? |
| 25 | People would say — usually his father — that if he was determined to be an artist , well and good , but why did he spend so much time with books , and silly French novels at that ? |
| 26 | Why did he take so long in cashing it ? |
| 27 | Why did it matter so much where you were buried ? |
| 28 | And if that word , if that tiny little word did n't really mean anything , why did it hurt so much that he had n't used it ? |
| 29 | So why did it attract so much comment ? |
| 30 | Why did it feel so right to have Luke stroke his hand along the curve of her thigh , to feel it slide up over her hip and dip into the hollow of her waist before moving on to the fullness of her breast ? |