Example sentences of "why [adv] do [pers pn] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 Why exactly do you want to leave home so badly ? ’
2 Okay so wh why then do we go from the May the fourth erm directive into this specific idea of , of egalitarianism ?
3 Why then do we need two words , which help us to distinguish nationalism from ethnicity , though both are so closely identified today ?
4 Why then do they think it is so bad for parents and only those who can afford it paying a little extra to ensure their children get a well-funded education ?
5 Why do tyre retailers not say they are ( on the whole ) owned by tyre manufacturers , and why then do they sell competitors ' products ?
6 Why then do I remain seated for Sally Field , in soft focus , gulping back emotion , Sigourney Weaver groping for emotion — any emotion — and Kathleen Turner proving once again that she ca n't open a fridge door without flexing a buttock .
7 Given the clarity of your diagnosis , why then do you waffle when offering recommendations for reform ?
8 Why then do you support them ? ’
9 Why then do you say to me : ‘ Be like the majority of people ? ' ’
10 Why else do we ensure that when they retire they receive subsistence-level pensions ?
11 Why else do we insist that older people can not be employed after a certain age ?
12 Why else do you think ?
13 Why else do you suppose we have two arms ? "
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