Example sentences of "why do it [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why did it bother at all ? |
| 2 | So why did it end with dwindling audiences and a critical drubbing ? |
| 3 | And if she did slip away , why did it matter to him ? |
| 4 | She had actually thought of asking for no less than John now proposed ; so why did it feel like a slap in the face ? |
| 5 | If the government 's hands were clean , why did it insist on hiding them behind its back ? |
| 6 | Oh , why did it have to be so hard ? |
| 7 | Singularity , like , later , monogamy , was a difficult thing , a strain , almost an oddity : perhaps that was its appeal for him , but why did it have to be so ? |
| 8 | Why did it have to be so far off the ground ? |
| 9 | Later he said to his wife , ‘ Why did it have to crow at Mr Clare like that ? ’ |
| 10 | Why did it have to be a scarf ? he wondered . |
| 11 | And why , why did it have to be him who found her ? |
| 12 | Why did it have to be her ? ’ |
| 13 | And why did it have to be this man above all others who made her heart beat that little bit faster ? |
| 14 | Out of all the men who had liked her and wanted her , why did it have to be someone who thought her the most despicable of all cheats who made her yearn for something more ? |
| 15 | Why did it have to be him ? |
| 16 | Of all the men I 've met since I even realised there was a difference between the sexes , why did it have to be this one who got under my skin ? ’ |
| 17 | For centuries the lane served no doubt as a cattle-road , but why did it come into existence at all , and when ? |
| 18 | The question becomes ; why did it take so long , not why did it happen at all . |
| 19 | Gradually trust developed and themes emerged : sadness , ‘ A grief with no end ’ ; anger , ‘ Why did it happen to me ? ’ ; and frustration with the professionals who could not fully understand their plight . |
| 20 | ‘ Why did it happen to him ? ’ |
| 21 | People never used to , years ago , why did it happen like that now ? |
| 22 | Indeed why did it flourish in the first place ? |
| 23 | Why does it record on that way and yet it 's running that way ? |
| 24 | really so why , why does it go to the next |
| 25 | Why does it have to be on a Thursday ? |
| 26 | ‘ Why does it have to be me ? ’ she protested . |
| 27 | Aye , the lepers and beggars must have somewhere to go , but why does it have to be on my front doorstep ? |
| 28 | ‘ Yes , but why does it have to be raised by means of a levy ? ’ |
| 29 | But why does it have to be that ? |
| 30 | Why does it have to be highlighted now ? |