Example sentences of "why [vb mod] i [vb infin] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | A : Now why should I do a thing like that ? |
| 2 | Why should I make a Will ? |
| 3 | ‘ Why should I want a divorce ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Why should I waste a penny a week ? |
| 5 | A : hello Mr Parkin this is Guy Cook here B : yes A : er do you remember um sending us a er an estimate for electrical repairs * for a hundred and fifty pounds * well I 've er just had a word with the Electricity Board with an engineer called Mr Golding and he tells me that the er the list of jobs you gave us unless there 's any special circumstances should not be more than around one hundred pounds B : oh * A : well he said he 'd have to look at it of course but er is there some special reason why you thought it would cost more A : well would you be prepared to do it for the price he quoted B : no A : well why not B : I ca n't afford it not with my wages and overheads £ I have A : well £ why should I pay an extra fifty pounds if I can get it done cheaper * B : well if you can do that * do |
| 6 | Well why should I have a pretty dress and a cake when it 's the love that 's there and not a piece of paper or a special day ! |
| 7 | ‘ Why should I believe a word you say , Luke ? |
| 8 | Why should I say the ‘ expression ’ derives its meaning from the feeling behind it — and not from the circumstances of the language game in which it is used ? |
| 9 | Well I think it 's been open to any higher education institution to grab this idea because it 's been around for a long time , the great beauty of Napier is to some degree it 's a centre of excellence it 's got its B A course so has Queen Margaret but at the bottom end but why should I say the bottom end at the bottom end it 's got the B A communications course at the top end it 's got apprentice training for printers . |
| 10 | One man 's excuse was : ‘ Why should I buy a licence ? |
| 11 | ‘ But why should I get the blame ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ I thought then why should I join an organisation which ca n't even spell my name correctly . |
| 13 | Two years ago , difficult for me to get a client to move from a building society because they were saying well I 'm getting about nine percent with the Abbey National , er why should I take the risk on a P E P ? |
| 14 | Why should I wish the lad any worse harm than he 's let himself in for already ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Why should I need an alibi ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Why would I do a thing like that ? ’ she asked . |
| 17 | Why would I want a wife ? ’ |
| 18 | This is a blatantly implausible claim , of course : why would I look a word up in the dictionary to see how I use it ? |