Example sentences of "why [verb] [pers pn] [verb] with " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Why did she finish with you ? ’ she asked after a moment . |
2 | ‘ Why did she come with you ? ’ |
3 | ‘ Why did you stay with her ? ’ he said . |
4 | ‘ Why did he quarrel with his family ? |
5 | So why did it end with dwindling audiences and a critical drubbing ? |
6 | Which is fair enough , but why do we go with him ? |
7 | You 'd do it if you were on a bank executive and you said well only five percent of people ask for independent advice , why do we bother with all that lot ? |
8 | She said in a neutral voice , ‘ Why do you bother with me ? ’ |
9 | ‘ Why do you bother with such tricks ? ’ |
10 | Or why do you speak with her ? |
11 | Why do you live with me ? |
12 | Gary was like Barry , like Barry Self : a lantern-jawed know-nothing , an unreflecting hedonist , a mastermould of brute conceit who none the less exploits a small but tenacious legacy of charm and luck Why do I bother with my father ? |
13 | So why does he bother with the phenomenon ? |
14 | Why should Kathleen not visit the nursery garden , why had it been necessary to make the explanation about the geranium plants , why had she flushed with guilt and fear and concealment ? |
15 | Why have I begun with this story ? |
16 | Why have you come with a suitcase of canned pineapple chunks , asks Sly . |
17 | But Jesus , you 're need is as great as anybody else 's , your pain , your suffering , your physical suffering was every bit as great as those around you , why have you bothered with others ? |