Example sentences of "why [vb past] [pron] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Why did nobody else see these footprints ? ’ he asked . |
| 2 | The saga , which was illustrated with his own naïve pen-and-ink drawings , had its origins in the compassion he had felt for the sufferings of the animals in the past war ( ‘ If we made [ them ] take the same chances as we did ourselves , why did we not give them similar attention when wounded ? ’ ) and in the letters about an imaginary horse surgery that he had written home from the front to his two children , Elizabeth and Colin ( the latter of whom habitually called himself Dr Dolittle ) . |
| 3 | Why did we not get but I wan na do that part ! |
| 4 | Why did we not buy another younger centre half ? |
| 5 | Why did we always talk of it as ‘ the age of the Grammar School ’ ? |
| 6 | Why did we never see the child ? |
| 7 | Reviewing national programmes , however , raises key and difficult questions for both donors ( why did they not co-operate more effectively ? ) and recipients ( how could they justify a range of prestige projects ? why are they more dependant on aid than ever ? ) |
| 8 | Why did they not give tea parties for their own men ( if they were able to find any ) ? |
| 9 | Why did they not give her toys to play with ? |
| 10 | Why did they not interfere with catapults ? — these did more injury than other weapons . ’ |
| 11 | If the police are truly interested in being accountable to and building bridges with those that they police , why did they not discuss their plans with representatives of the community organisations on the estate ? |
| 12 | Why did they not act boldly like the Russians ? |
| 13 | For the lord 's sake , then , why did they not put in some repairs ? |
| 14 | Why did they not receive greater support ? |
| 15 | Why did they always cloak everything , if not with seven veils , at least with one ? |
| 16 | But why did they ever think a roof on its own was enough ? |
| 17 | Why did she not experience the usual terror at being shut in a small enclosed space ? |
| 18 | Then why did she not agree to it ? |
| 19 | But why did she not write ? |
| 20 | So why did she now feel this frightening apprehension — a deep , numbing fear of what lay ahead ? |
| 21 | Why did she always have to fuck herself … |
| 22 | Oh , why did she never meet any nice men ? |
| 23 | Why did she never listen to music ? |
| 24 | And if Heather thought there was something sinister about her relationship with Jack Cornelius — assuming there was a relationship — why did she never ask me if I knew anything about it ? ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Why did she suddenly decide to go out tonight ? |
| 26 | Why did she suddenly think of David Kent ? |
| 27 | Of course , if she found the right man , and she loved him — Now why did she suddenly think of David Kent ? |
| 28 | So why did she suddenly feel so close to tears ? |
| 29 | It was an innocuous question , so why did she suddenly feel as if she were facing the Inquisition ? |
| 30 | Why did she suddenly start screaming and scratching , and swearing that she 'd get me ? ’ |