Example sentences of "why [verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why d' ya get up so early ? |
| 2 | " Why d' you write down everything in that book ? " demanded Miriam sharply , irritated by the Doctor 's methodical habits . |
| 3 | Why did ye come back ? ’ |
| 4 | well why did they go down there then ? |
| 5 | Why d why did they change over ? |
| 6 | Why did they come back ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Why did she stay on here if she dislikes him so much ? ’ |
| 8 | Why did she go out and buy that obvious representation of a landscape she wanted to escape , the figures moving noiselessly under the shadow of the mill ? |
| 9 | ‘ Then why did she come back at all ? ’ |
| 10 | ’ Why did she come back from America ? ’ |
| 11 | Why did I rush out like that ? |
| 12 | ‘ He started going on again about me going into mainstream journalism , how a friend of his had contacts in Fleet Street , why the hell did n't I grow up and settle down like normal girls , why did I go around with Jake . |
| 13 | Why did I come back ? |
| 14 | There are other times when I 've turned back and felt ‘ gosh no , this is wrong ’ and afterwards thought why did I turn back , maybe I should have carried on . |
| 15 | ( Why Why did I pick up the telephone ) |
| 16 | Why did you carry on taking it ? |
| 17 | But you said I 'm not reading it , well why did you carry on if that was the case ? |
| 18 | Why did you go on about that erm place where you went for that beer and you know , you said that we worked for that |
| 19 | Well erm they did n't want to do banker 's order , so why did you go around ? |
| 20 | ‘ Why did you go off into the woods ? |
| 21 | And why did you go out on strike in the first place ? |
| 22 | ‘ Why did you go out when you got the letter ? |
| 23 | Why did you go out of the way to kill Romeo ? |
| 24 | Well why did you go out with Nick for ? |
| 25 | Why did you go back to London in the first place ? — why did n't you stay here ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ But why did you go back ? ’ |
| 27 | Why did you Why did you decide on minus three . |
| 28 | ‘ Why did you bring up stare decisis in front of me ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Why did you hold out on him ? ’ |
| 30 | Why did you step back ? |