Example sentences of "why do you [vb infin] in " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Tell me , Geoffrey , why did you stay in the Tower ? ’ |
| 2 | " Jane , " he 'll ask as he signs an expense claim , Why did you invest in this trip to see Pierre Broger in Paris ? " |
| 3 | Now tell me , why did you look in these two young people 's bags ? |
| 4 | ‘ Why did you look in the tunnel ? ’ |
| 5 | Dear Harsnet , he wrote , why do you persist in this rigmarole of refusing even to acknowledge my existence ? |
| 6 | Why do you persist in calling Canada dull ? |
| 7 | A meeting was held in August 1948 , when Akufo Addo asked Nkrumah the question : ‘ Why do you persist in using the word Comrade as a term of address ? ’ |
| 8 | Why do you think in this way ? |
| 9 | Playing as a child on the Paris pavements , my ten-year-old companion asked me , ‘ Why do you speak in English ? |
| 10 | Why do you stay in Sècheron and deny yourself the pleasures of Geneva ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Why do you believe in alienth ? ’ she said . |
| 12 | ‘ Why do you live in the Tower , a bleak dwelling place for any man ? ’ |