Example sentences of "why [vb past] [noun prp] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Tell me , ’ said Robert , as they walked up the High Street , ‘ and I 'm not going on about it , but exactly why did Ali sentence me to death ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Why did Madeleine turn you down ? ’ |
| 3 | And er some of us seemed to be more awkward than others , I mean some people 's feet when you look at them and , and areas like that , that , you think well why did Jehovah make them like that , they 're so ugly and yet without them where would we be ? |
| 4 | ‘ But why did Lanyon write them too ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Why did Clem take it into her head to write to you ? ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Why did Vauban make you so angry ? ’ |
| 7 | And all that she could think about was , why did Josie want her out of the way ? |
| 8 | Why did God send us his Holy Spirit ? |
| 9 | So , that would be Freud 's defence , now , I suppose you would have to know a lot more about modern history , to , to know , if this was really true or not , but erm , the the er , question that Freud was really asking himself , really was , why did Wilson let us down , because Freud admits that he regarded Wilson , when he came to Europe as a saviour . |
| 10 | Why had Larry done it ? |
| 11 | And why had Jos told him not to touch it ? |
| 12 | Why had Frank found it necessary to provide that bit of information ? |
| 13 | Why had Heather chosen him as a companion ? |
| 14 | Why had Kenny sent him out to tell her ? |