Example sentences of "why [verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] it " in BNC.
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1 | Why d' ya forget it ? |
2 | Yeah , why d' ya snap it in half ? |
3 | Why did they think it was flat ? |
4 | Why did they do it ? |
5 | Since , as we have seen , both were bound on pain of dreadful punishments not to reveal the secrets of their Order , why did they do it ? |
6 | Why did they do it ? |
7 | Why did they do it ? |
8 | Why did they do it ? |
9 | Well why did they do it ? |
10 | ‘ Why did they blow it ? … ’ |
11 | Why did they take it a stage further with him ? |
12 | mum why did they take it to pieces ? |
13 | Then why did they include it ? |
14 | Election ‘ 92 : Why did they get it wrong ? |
15 | Why did they put it right down the bottom ? |
16 | ‘ Why did they buy it , then ? ’ |
17 | Why did she carry it for you ? |
18 | ’ Why did she want it this afternoon ? ’ |
19 | ‘ Why did she send it by courier ? ’ |
20 | I mean why did she take it ? |
21 | Why 's that , why did she take it ? |
22 | And this is a question that always occurs to me and I 've read this novel several times , at the end of it why did she write it ? |
23 | So why did she find it so difficult to ignore the mocking , taunting comments and treat them with the silent scorn they so richly deserved ? |
24 | Weak forms : ‘ Why did she read it ? ’ |
25 | Why did I think it necessary to take such drastic measures ? |
26 | Why did I think it was |
27 | ‘ Why did I do it ? ’ |
28 | Why did I do it ? |
29 | Why did I do it ? |
30 | ‘ Why , why , why did I do it ? ’ |