Example sentences of "why do [pers pn] [verb] this " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why did we go this long way ? |
| 2 | erm and I think that if it is pulled down for this new development , in ten year 's time we will look back and we will say ‘ Why did we do this ? |
| 3 | Why did they do this ? |
| 4 | Why did she choose this particular block ? |
| 5 | It was what she had thought only minutes before , so why did she feel this strange little ache to hear him repeat the sentiment ? |
| 6 | So why did she have this totally irrational feeling that she had surprised him ? |
| 7 | He looked perfectly amiable , so why did she get this feeling of apprehension , as though he was playing some sort of waiting game ? |
| 8 | I know if I feel depressed I should n't just sit on my own , you just dwell on it : ‘ Why did I do this , why did I do that ? ’ |
| 9 | Why did I have this feeling ? |
| 10 | The first question really should be ‘ why did I buy this machine ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Why did you do this ? ’ asked Dr Barton . |
| 12 | " Why did you do this to me ? |
| 13 | I carried you in my body for nine months , I loved you and cared for you , why did you do this to yourself ? ’ |
| 14 | If so , why did you do this rather than selling your unwanted items and then buying the items you wanted ? |
| 15 | Oh , why did you paint this picture ? |
| 16 | You know , God does n't get any credit for it , does n't get any thanks for it , but anything adverse happen and God , why did you allow this to happen ? |
| 17 | Why did you come this way ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ If it is n't true , ’ said Mavis coldly , ‘ why did you say this morning that your car would be just right for me ? ’ |
| 19 | Why did you approve this action ? |
| 20 | Why did you fill this up and leave it on table ? |
| 21 | Why did you let this happen ? |
| 22 | ‘ Jacob , why did you let this stranger into my house ? ’ |
| 23 | And why did you hit this car ? |
| 24 | Well then when they start looking about a bit more , that is when it costs you because anything that Les has to get involved in , cos they go back to Les and say well why did he do this and why did you do that ? |
| 25 | Why did he take this extraordinarily negative attitude to the most important suburb in the Western world ? |
| 26 | Why did it happen this way ? |
| 27 | Why do we do this ? |
| 28 | Why do we do this ? |
| 29 | I 'd like simply to ask the assembly to simply reaffirm that we are indeed a christian church , a christian trinitarian church to father son and holy ghost , the gods whom we adore why do we sing this every time if there are a number of members in this assembly who are no longer able to completely agree with such a sentiment Moderator ? |
| 30 | Why do we say this ? |