Example sentences of "why [adv] do you [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why exactly do you want to leave home so badly ? ’ |
| 2 | " Well , then , " she continued , with what seemed to her to be the very height of aware sophistication , " why ever did you want to come here on this sort of trip ? " |
| 3 | ‘ Oh , Richard , why ever did you stay with such a woman ? ’ she murmured . |
| 4 | Why ever did you go to the funeral ? ’ |
| 5 | Why ever did you do that ? ’ |
| 6 | Why ever did you do it ? |
| 7 | I know , but she 's still got a cracking bust that 's why How did you get on with your table tennis this afternoon ? |
| 8 | Given the clarity of your diagnosis , why then do you waffle when offering recommendations for reform ? |
| 9 | Why then do you support them ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Why then do you say to me : ‘ Be like the majority of people ? ' ’ |
| 11 | Why then did you write this book ? |
| 12 | Why then did you put over a hundred thousand pounds in that budget in the first place ? |
| 13 | ‘ Why else do you think ? |
| 14 | Why else do you suppose we have two arms ? " |
| 15 | Why else did you think I sent for you — to discuss the weather ? ’ |
| 16 | Why else did you send the release out ? |
| 17 | ‘ Why else did you tell me about Cherith — except to make it clear that nothing was on offer here except a little temporary pleasure ? |
| 18 | The twenty who said no , let's just hear one or two of you , why why why did you say no ? |
| 19 | Okay and why why did you divide it that way round ? |
| 20 | I mean why why why do you think there is n't more Channel four , I know , ran some women 's football er recently but th th , they have n't kept it up very regularly but wh why why is that ? |
| 21 | Why why do you think we might be interested in carbon ? |
| 22 | What , why why do you think they , why do you think they 've gone , so many of them ? |
| 23 | Why why do you think people were trying to put you off ? |
| 24 | Okay John why why why why do you think it 's important that you should be allowed to wear a hairpiece if you want ? |
| 25 | Why why do you feel it is that people are suspicious of their neighbours ? |
| 26 | Why why do you charge erm at least for for domestic premises , seventeen percent more ? |