Example sentences of "but why do [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are , in one sense , interpreting the question differently from the way we do ; but why do they do it ? |
| 2 | ‘ But why do they pretend to be brother and sister ? ’ |
| 3 | But why do they give you a treble boost ? |
| 4 | ‘ But why do they wear so few clothes ? |
| 5 | But why do they want them , I mean what are they gon na use it for ? |
| 6 | ‘ But why do they upset her ? ’ he asked . |
| 7 | But why do they see God like that ? |
| 8 | It is pretty certain that , in term of what adults mean by ‘ longer ’ the children do not really think that the pencil is longer ; but why do they say this ? |
| 9 | But why do we do that ? |
| 10 | But why do we do the experiment then ? |
| 11 | Which is fair enough , but why do we go with him ? |
| 12 | Okay , but why do we get the , the main thrust of erm , to the economic argument seems to be that we ought to be liberalizing , we ought to be facing that erm , that problem . |
| 13 | But WHY do we believe that ? |
| 14 | But why do we have two eyes and not just one ? |
| 15 | Mum , but why do we have to . |
| 16 | But why do we need to do this ? |
| 17 | But why do we value a firm in terms of its liabilities rather than its assets ? |
| 18 | But why do you choose to comment on it , even to yourself ? |
| 19 | ‘ I … er … but why do you want to see them ? ’ he asked plaintively . |
| 20 | But why do you want those things ? |
| 21 | But why do you want to know , my friend ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ But why do you want me to have Cindy Hill to stay ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ But why do you want to talk to me ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ But why do you want to know ? ’ |
| 25 | Yeah about quarter to or , give yourself time to get there but why do you want to get there early ? |
| 26 | But why do you want to see Celia ? |
| 27 | Yeah , but why do you want to see the the T V programme , it 's useless ! |
| 28 | But why do you care ? |
| 29 | ‘ But why do you think she was … ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Well , no one can believe it , ’ I said placatingly , ‘ but why do you think Martinez took him on ? ’ |