Example sentences of "why [verb] we [vb infin] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why do we do it ? |
| 2 | And the years rolled away , and it was a different room , yet still the same , the room where she 'd had her first ; old white paint with the grudging cleanliness of not quite enough scrubbing ; the sticky rubber mat under her bottom , that made her wonder what other bottoms had lain on it , wonder desperately enough to take her mind off her panic at the instrument 's entry onto her , and the thought , it 's like the first screw you ever had — why do we do it , why do we go on doing it ? |
| 3 | Were looking at the body beautiful and what we do to achieve it , we all arrived in the world with more or less the same package of features , limbs , faces , torso 's , since then , all of us I bet have tried to improve or disguise the way we look , what do we do ? , why do we do it ? , well let's start with a few questions , er , are you , well let me ask you this do you have a beautiful body ? , button one for yes , and button two for no |
| 4 | ‘ Then why do we do it now ? ’ |
| 5 | So , why do we do it ? |
| 6 | And why do we do it in the cruellest possible ways ? |
| 7 | Why do we do it ? |
| 8 | WHY do we admire them so uncritically ? asks Semenyaka . |
| 9 | Why do we need them ? |
| 10 | So why do we need them ? |
| 11 | " Why do we let them stay in that warren ? " cried Silver . |
| 12 | Why do we let him lead us out of the Windsor , along that murky little lane they renamed Finch Street ? |
| 13 | Why do we import it ? |
| 14 | Why do we get it ? |
| 15 | Why do we take it for granted that education is a good to which everyone equally is entitled ? |