Example sentences of "but why [verb] he [verb] " in BNC.

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No	Sentence
1	But why had he invited her ?
2	But why had he come to see our pissy show ?
3	Hitler had taken on the mysterious Soviets , but why had he chosen to invade Russia and not the British Isles ?
4	‘ But why does he keep saying things like ‘ extraordinarily interesting ’ and ‘ indeed , indeed ’ ?
5	‘ He is good-looking , ’ Anne whispered to Diana , ‘ but why does he smile at me ?
6	All right , the fellow has his troubles , Joe thought , but why has he involved Maureen in them ?
7	‘ But why has he put in the mourning band ? ’ she thought
8	That 's more like it , but why has he bypassed the usual channels ? ’
9	But why did he stand in the cold , on wet ground , for five or ten minutes ?
10	Edouard invented that fake message about the museum but why did he send your crook up there after me ?
11	But why did he want to keep her here ?
12	But why did he choose to live in Bali rather than England ?
13	‘ But why did he choose that ? ’ she wanted to know .
14	But why did he shout it ?
15	But why did he feel that there was something more , and why was n't he acting on that instinct , the way that he 'd always acted ?
16	Dorian liked him , but why did he feel a little afraid of him ?
17	But why did he feel the need of a gun ?
18	If he was ill , bad luck , but why did he have to ruin everything for me ?
19	But why did he have to leave his job ?
20	Yes but why did he say why 's my grass greener than everybody else 's ?
21	Either was possible but why did he disbelieve her ?
22	But why did he come out on to the moor ?
23	‘ But why did he come back ? ’ she asked helplessly .
24	People would say — usually his father — that if he was determined to be an artist , well and good , but why did he spend so much time with books , and silly French novels at that ?
25	But why did he need seven hundred millions pounds ?

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