Example sentences of "why did [pron] [vb infin] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Why did ye let that oul bastard treat ye that way ? ’ |
| 2 | Why did we go this long way ? |
| 3 | erm and I think that if it is pulled down for this new development , in ten year 's time we will look back and we will say ‘ Why did we do this ? |
| 4 | And why did they do that ? |
| 5 | Why did they do that ? |
| 6 | Why did they do that ? |
| 7 | Why did they do this ? |
| 8 | Why did they say that migration occurs even when we have high unem unemployment ? |
| 9 | ‘ Why did they use such a lightweight to do Darlington 's heavyweight business , ’ he said . |
| 10 | Why did they ask that ? |
| 11 | Why did she choose this particular block ? |
| 12 | It was what she had thought only minutes before , so why did she feel this strange little ache to hear him repeat the sentiment ? |
| 13 | Why did she do that ? |
| 14 | So why did she have this totally irrational feeling that she had surprised him ? |
| 15 | Why did she get any of that cherry stuff did n't you ? |
| 16 | He looked perfectly amiable , so why did she get this feeling of apprehension , as though he was playing some sort of waiting game ? |
| 17 | Why did she say that ? |
| 18 | The Doctrine is at best a circular re-statement of the obvious : Why did I experience those vibrations in the air as sounds ? |
| 19 | The next time I see you you 'll be saying why did I eat all that |
| 20 | At the time it might be great and five years later I think , ‘ Why did I do that ? ’ but sometimes it 's the only way of finding something out . |
| 21 | I know if I feel depressed I should n't just sit on my own , you just dwell on it : ‘ Why did I do this , why did I do that ? ’ |
| 22 | Why did I do that ? |
| 23 | I know if I feel depressed I should n't just sit on my own , you just dwell on it : ‘ Why did I do this , why did I do that ? ’ |
| 24 | And I remember being called to Caernarfon once , during the time , asking me why did I have such a lot of surplus of points . |
| 25 | Why did I have this feeling ? |
| 26 | ‘ O God , ’ stumbled the little girl , ‘ why did I ask all these people for lunch ? |
| 27 | The first question really should be ‘ why did I buy this machine ? ’ |
| 28 | Just why did I kill that poor defenceless creature ? |
| 29 | ‘ Why did you send that man to my office ? |
| 30 | ‘ So why did you tell all this to Nicola ? ’ |