Example sentences of "why [vb past] [pers pn] [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But why did they send them to you ? |
| 2 | I suddenly wondered , why did they send him on that Adventuring course ? |
| 3 | ‘ So why did they send you home ? ’ her mum asked . |
| 4 | ‘ So why did they send you ? |
| 5 | ‘ Why did they shift you down here ? ’ |
| 6 | Why did they choose you to tape ? |
| 7 | Why did they kick him out ? |
| 8 | " If they went to all that trouble to take out the clothes labels , why did they leave his face untouched ? |
| 9 | Why did they think it was flat ? |
| 10 | If you were ill , why did they make you go away ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Why did they make you chairman ? ’ asked Milton . |
| 12 | Why did they want him on this particular job ? |
| 13 | ‘ Why did they build them on the top of hills ? ’ she asked Christopher . |
| 14 | Why did they do it ? |
| 15 | 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 ? |
| 16 | Why did they do it ? |
| 17 | Why did they do it ? |
| 18 | Why did they do it ? |
| 19 | Well why did they do it ? |
| 20 | ‘ Why did they blow it ? … ’ |
| 21 | Why did they take it a stage further with him ? |
| 22 | mum why did they take it to pieces ? |
| 23 | Then why did they include it ? |
| 24 | Why did they let me ? |
| 25 | ‘ Why did they hit you , Marie ? ’ |
| 26 | Why did they say you would tell me about Van Gogh ? " |
| 27 | erm Sam Sodding , and it used to , but I used to say to mother why did they call him Sam Sodding ? |
| 28 | Oh I ca n't tell you that I would n't never discuss things like that , until I got about twenty five , you know neighbours or not , and I said why did they call him ? |
| 29 | ‘ Why did they call you Charlie ? ’ |
| 30 | Election ‘ 92 : Why did they get it wrong ? |