Example sentences of "why do [pron] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.

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1 Why d' ya want to why d' ya
2 So why d' ya come to school okay ?
3 Why d' you go to that blasted ship ?
4 Erm , what I found actually er erm even odder , was that is , if the servants knew about her , why did nobody appear at the wedding ceremony ?
5 Goibniu remembered that Gnomes were reportedly extremely greedy , but said they would take a look at the designs now , if the Gnomes were quite ready , thus galvanising the Gnomes into anxious industry , resulting in much unpacking of knapsacks and unrolling of parchments and remarks such as , ‘ Who 's got the plan of the turquoise bracelet ? ’ and ‘ Why did we bring along four sketches for the everyday silver tiara ? ’ and ‘ Flaherty 's sitting on the Coronation sceptre ! ’
6 Think about it : why did we go to the cinema , in those days ?
7 Why did we go to Sheen ? ’
8 Why did we respond in the way that we did ?
9 But why did they go for absolute egalitarianism in the first place then ?
10 Erm why did they move to Street , your family ?
11 Even with the wind of generosity at their back , why did they travel at a man 's walking pace ?
12 Why did they come on raids and why did they burn and steal ?
13 Why did they come to Moscow first ? ’
14 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 ? ’
15 ‘ Apart from all that , if somebody heard him scream , why did they wait till now to say so ? ’
16 ‘ Then why did they run for it ? ’ said Michael .
17 Why did they buy at that time ?
18 Why did they pick on you do you think Andrew , er James ?
19 Why did she feel like a raw beginner in medical school , having to explain her actions , or rather her lack of them , to a senior ?
20 So why did she feel like this now ?
21 Why did she finish with you ? ’ she asked after a moment .
22 Why did she go in there ?
23 Why did she go from As and Bs and then down to Cs and Ds and then to steady As . ’
24 Thirdly , why did she shelter in England away from her kingdom and her sons ?
25 Why did she have to be born into a mad , slave-driving family ?
26 Why did she have to be so difficult ?
27 Why did she belong to Harriet then ?
28 Why did she turn to Elisha for help ? ’ ;
29 Why did she come to Italy ? ’
30 Why did she come to this country ?
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