Example sentences of "why do [pron] [vb infin] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why d' ya take a picture ? |
| 2 | ‘ Then why did we change the name if we were so proud of him ? ’ |
| 3 | But why did we get a reasonable result for the electric field ? |
| 4 | Q : Why did we close a Johnson Brothers factory last year if the brand is so important ? |
| 5 | Why did they choose the ditch and not the road ? |
| 6 | And why did they leave the church house ? |
| 7 | Why did they leave the church house ? |
| 8 | Why did they move the arms in the first place ? |
| 9 | Why did they think the Earth was flat for ? |
| 10 | Why did they choose to omit a particular miracle and why did they change the chronology elsewhere ? |
| 11 | Why did they put the plaque so low down , I wondered . |
| 12 | Why did they put the cat in the window ? |
| 13 | Presently she said , ‘ Then why did they have a row ? ’ |
| 14 | Why did they have a folding table for travelling or |
| 15 | He considered whether he could tell if they were black or very brightly coloured ; and if black , why did they have the brilliance that usually attached to colour ? |
| 16 | If the gang knew you were coming why did they allow the pay-off to continue ? |
| 17 | Why did they need a boat-house ? |
| 18 | Why did she collect the knives and forks and clear the table ? |
| 19 | ‘ And just why did she stay the night in Piazza Pitti ? ’ |
| 20 | Why did she feel no embarrassment or fear at letting her fingers trace down the hair-roughened muscles of his chest to skim the flat planes of his stomach and then move on ? |
| 21 | ‘ If Deveril changed her name , why did she carry the motto of her family with her ? ’ |
| 22 | Why did she deliver the message then ? |
| 23 | There was no trace of a smile on his face , so why did she have the feeling he was laughing at her ? |
| 24 | Why did she have the feeling that he knew something she did n't ? |
| 25 | Why did she have the sudden feeling that she was no longer in control ? |
| 26 | Why did she get the feeling that in any argument with Niall Grant , he would always come out the winner ? |
| 27 | Why did she get the distinct impression that she had just been steamrollered ? |
| 28 | So why did she get the feeling that she had n't won the battle , but merely postponed the war ? |
| 29 | Why did I want a convertible so desperately ? |
| 30 | Why did I choose the same piece , The Education of Children ? |