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 ?
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