Example sentences of "but why [vb -s] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | True , he is n't ; they are n't ; but why does it matter ? |
| 2 | I know but why does it do that ? |
| 3 | ‘ But why does it need the army ? ’ |
| 4 | Pompous people are very quick to lay blame on the social services when things go wrong , but why does it happen ? |
| 5 | Everyone knows that the zebra has bold black and white stripes , but why does it have them ? |
| 6 | Aye , the lepers and beggars must have somewhere to go , but why does it have to be on my front doorstep ? |
| 7 | ‘ Yes , but why does it have to be raised by means of a levy ? ’ |
| 8 | But why does it have to be that ? |
| 9 | That 's just , that 's just but why does it have to happen ? |
| 10 | But why does she keep looking towards the door ? |
| 11 | Once we adopt this view of teachers or of any other human being , our starting question is no longer why does he/she fail to do X , but why does he/she do Y ? |
| 12 | ‘ But why does he keep saying things like ‘ extraordinarily interesting ’ and ‘ indeed , indeed ’ ? |
| 13 | ‘ He is good-looking , ’ Anne whispered to Diana , ‘ but why does he smile at me ? |
| 14 | All right , the fellow has his troubles , Joe thought , but why has he involved Maureen in them ? |
| 15 | ‘ But why has he put in the mourning band ? ’ she thought |
| 16 | That 's more like it , but why has he bypassed the usual channels ? ’ |