Example sentences of "why do [pers pn] have [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why do we have to say that these thoughts are like mental actions ? |
| 2 | ‘ This declaration is not a blind bit of good to the workers who have to take over the jobs of those who have emigrated , ’ and ‘ Why do we have to wait till the next central committee meeting ? ’ were other grumbles . |
| 3 | Why do we have to wait until 1993 before the poll tax is abolished ? |
| 4 | Why do we have to go through this sort of agony in every American Major ? |
| 5 | Lasting impressions so far : the sun ( miraculously ) shining on the slopes of Dalwhinnie , far in the north , on the first leg of the journey ; stumbling across Drew from the World Cup holiday in a motorway café somewhere in England in the middle of the night ; breakfast and mineral water with Claire ( oh , it was good to see her ) in an Italian cafe near London Victoria ; people throwing up all over the joint on the Seacat crossing to Boulogne ( and me staggering about , legs way out of control , on the deck , getting soaked by the spray , saltwater taste in the mouth , and a rainbow arcing on top of the water behind the catamaran ) ; complaining English and American tourist ( ‘ It 's ridiculous that we have to go through customs — why do we have to go through customs anyway ? … ) ; terrible fatigue on the train to Paris , and temperamental French men shouting and swearing at each other in the aisle ; relief at finding Angela 's flat in Paris ; difficult negotiation of the very narrow stairwell , finally finding her way at the top on the 6th floor ; food , and wine , and a shower , and a bed-settee for the night ; Japanese tourists at Notre Dame , and a man announcing his state of poverty and homelessness on the Métro — ‘ ‘ . |
| 6 | ‘ Why do we have to go to Glastonbury ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Why do we have to go ? ’ |
| 8 | Why do we have to bring in a cut-throat operator like Guy Sterne ? ’ |
| 9 | And why do we have to have double bass players featured ? |
| 10 | Oh God it 's so What I hate Why do we have to walk up this way , it 's always all uphill . |
| 11 | Why do we have to fight like this ? ’ |
| 12 | Why do they have to go where it says : Danger ? ’ |
| 13 | If the rumour I heard , that privately the deal was 1.8 million , was true then why do they have to go about making Leeds sound stupid in their propaganda . |
| 14 | Why do they have to do that ? ’ |
| 15 | Why do they have to do this sort of thing during Holy Week ? |
| 16 | Oh bloody hell why do they have to put such long words in them ? |
| 17 | I mean why do people have to kind of , if , if , if we accept for a minute that there 's something in this analogy , this model that Freud is talking about , why do people have this compulsive need to repeat like this , why do they have to repeat history ? |
| 18 | Why do they have to advertise milk ? |
| 19 | Why do they have to talk about it all ? |
| 20 | Mm why do they have to have a green field site and start again ? |
| 21 | Why do they have to have weapons that they have ? |
| 22 | " If Maurice belongs to you , why do you have to put up with Harry ? " |
| 23 | Why do you have to put the bloody age down ? |
| 24 | Why do you have to take everything so personally ? ’ |
| 25 | Why do you have to take your skateboard because you ca n't ride it up the bank can you ? |
| 26 | And what why do you have to fill in the form ? |
| 27 | ‘ Frannie , why do you have to go ? |
| 28 | Why do you have to go ’ |
| 29 | CATHERINE Oh , why do you have to go , just when I 've found you again . |
| 30 | ‘ Why do you have to go ? ’ |