Example sentences of "why [verb] they [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But why did they go for absolute egalitarianism in the first place then ? |
| 2 | Erm why did they move to Street , your family ? |
| 3 | Even with the wind of generosity at their back , why did they travel at a man 's walking pace ? |
| 4 | Why did they come on raids and why did they burn and steal ? |
| 5 | Why did they come to Moscow first ? ’ |
| 6 | And why did they put on that charade with the fake bodies when they planned to send two live substitutes to England in the Renault ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Apart from all that , if somebody heard him scream , why did they wait till now to say so ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Then why did they run for it ? ’ said Michael . |
| 9 | Why did they buy at that time ? |
| 10 | Why did they pick on you do you think Andrew , er James ? |
| 11 | ‘ But why do they pretend to be brother and sister ? ’ |
| 12 | Well why do they sit on their foot for ? |
| 13 | eh brutal , er brute , er so many er only got a little bit more , eh sort of like you 've got er , I du n no , accent or something or add to it a few words , a few letters I mean , er a more I , a different accent you go to Manchester they said er different accent you go and so different one and to me from the beginning , not now , but from the beginning I was fascinate , I says why do they finish in Italian er ways , or add , you switch and them coins , erm , it still says |
| 14 | Why do they go on the way they do , making a huge fuss about little things and then ignoring what ought to be much more important ? |
| 15 | And why do they sing in the way they do ? |
| 16 | ‘ Yeah , why do they have to be here ? |
| 17 | ‘ Why do they smile like that ? ’ |
| 18 | And why do they look for an ALTERNATIVE interpretation |
| 19 | Why do they wan na know how teenagers are like ? |
| 20 | Why do they dig into you there ? |
| 21 | She looked , however , as if she was fairly determined to give her views on the matter , but before she could start on the Why do they come over here if they do n't like it ? speech or her I believe in respecting people 's religious feelings but would die to defend their right to disagree with me speech , Maisie came round the door . |
| 22 | And if they are , why do they discriminate against their existing customers in this way ? |
| 23 | Child then asks : Why do they believe in it ? |
| 24 | Why do they happen to me , these numb , flushed , unanswerable , these pornographic things ? |
| 25 | Why do they kiss on television ? ’ |
| 26 | Why had they gathered in the shadowed space ? |
| 27 | Why had they gone into that building , asked a stupid question and then left ? |
| 28 | Why have they gone from eight million to fifteen million . |
| 29 | Why have they failed to spectacularly to penetrate the mainstream ? |