Example sentences of "why [verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] [subord] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why d' ya go if you do n't believe in it ? |
| 2 | Why d' ya ask whether I know anything about her ? |
| 3 | ‘ Why d' you come if you hate the noise they make ? |
| 4 | I simply wish to point out that if it is supposed that Karen Parsons and I embarked that afternoon with the intention of drowning her husband , why did we wait till we had reached a point where our criminal acts were overlooked by at least fifteen witnesses ? |
| 5 | His tone was perfectly reasonable , affable even , so why did she feel as though he 'd just issued a command ? |
| 6 | Why did she wonder if the wolf could be tamed ? |
| 7 | Why did you wait until I was asleep before coming to bed on the boat on the way over ? |
| 8 | Why did you wait until you were in Holland ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Why did you ask if I was married ? ’ |
| 10 | Why did he feel as though he had just run his sword through the heart of something small and desperately struggling for survival ? |
| 11 | ‘ Why did he stay if he hated it so much ? ’ |
| 12 | And why did it matter if he had ? |
| 13 | Why did it occur when it did ? |
| 14 | The present unfair , first past the post system favours Labour most of the time , so why do they complain when it goes against them ? |
| 15 | But why , you 'd just forced the door open prior to arrest why do you wait until you got to the bedroom , indeed got the bedroom door open before shouting armed police . |
| 16 | When she had rustled off , Alexandra said with genuine simplicity , ‘ Why does it matter where she is ? |
| 17 | Why does it matter if your husband gets the lunch and drops the crumbs on the floor , so long as he clears up afterwards ? |
| 18 | Why why does it have cos you think of Wales as the land of song why does it happen that if you go to Ireland you have got to sing ? |