Example sentences of "why do [pers pn] [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | So why d' ya get two high tides a day . |
2 | Why d' ya have those on ? |
3 | Her friend Izzy said , Why d' you do that , you look barmy walking like a robot , look at you . |
4 | Why d' you want four , why ca n't you have like two today two tomorrow . |
5 | Why d' you think those jars 're here ? |
6 | ‘ Why d' you say that ? ’ |
7 | Yeah but surely sorry I I have to why do you question that now ? |
8 | ‘ Why did ye let that oul bastard treat ye that way ? ’ |
9 | Why did we go this long way ? |
10 | 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 ? |
11 | Structured thought which had as its main attributes three themes of course before you had that you had to have a clear objective which helped you to choose what those three themes were , and why why did we choose three as a based on |
12 | Pink 's beautiful feathers grow dull , why did they grow dull ? |
13 | And why did they do that ? |
14 | Why did they do that ? |
15 | Why did they do that ? |
16 | Why did they do this ? |
17 | ‘ If they were taking him to the police station , why did they walk three miles . |
18 | Why did they say that migration occurs even when we have high unem unemployment ? |
19 | But if the project 's scientists — and the intellectual giants who ran Britain 's nuclear programme at the time — were n't all that sure about the measurements , why did they call large press conferences ( on 23 January , 1958 ) and flood the scientific press with detailed descriptions of the work ? |
20 | ‘ Why did they use such a lightweight to do Darlington 's heavyweight business , ’ he said . |
21 | Why did they have pink on it , that 's why it 's called Pink ? |
22 | Why did they wait two days before making contact ? |
23 | Why did they ask that ? |
24 | Why did she choose this particular block ? |
25 | It was what she had thought only minutes before , so why did she feel this strange little ache to hear him repeat the sentiment ? |
26 | Why did she do that ? |
27 | So why did she have this totally irrational feeling that she had surprised him ? |
28 | Why did she get any of that cherry stuff did n't you ? |
29 | He looked perfectly amiable , so why did she get this feeling of apprehension , as though he was playing some sort of waiting game ? |
30 | Why did she say that ? |