Example sentences of "why do you [vb infin] that " in BNC.
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| 31 | Now why did you do that ? |
| 32 | ‘ Why did you think that ? ’ |
| 33 | So why did you assume that ? |
| 34 | And why did you drag that poor innocent woman along ? ’ |
| 35 | Why did you choose that particular course ? |
| 36 | So why did you multiply that by a thousand over one ? |
| 37 | Right so you do it on other side and then work out what that comes to , so why did you multiply that side by a hundred ? |
| 38 | I said rather disappointedly , ‘ Why did you say that ? ’ |
| 39 | The question " Were you speaking Patois or English just then ? " will not necessarily make a lot of sense to a member of the London Caribbean community , any more than the questions " Why did you say that in Patois ? " or " How would the effect of that be different if you said it in ordinary English ? " . |
| 40 | Well why did you say that the other day then ? |
| 41 | Well why did you say that the other day then ? |
| 42 | Why did you say that ? |
| 43 | Why did you say that ? |
| 44 | Why did you say that ? |
| 45 | ( Why did you lose that contract ? |
| 46 | ‘ Why did you write that tailpiece to the article , by the way ? |
| 47 | And he wanted the Chri why did n't you get that Christmas pudding , why did you get that |
| 48 | Hang on a minute , let's see , oh very nice why did you get that ? |
| 49 | It , as I said earlier , really just looks up a table of data values , numerical values , and comes up with an answer and you ca n't question it , you ca n't ask it why did you get that particular answer . |
| 50 | ‘ Jamie , why did you cause that scene ? ’ |
| 51 | Why did you buy that ? |
| 52 | ‘ Why do you suppose that ? ’ |
| 53 | Why do you think that ? said Mr Snakeskin . |
| 54 | ‘ Why do you think that ? ’ asked Mr Chan coolly . |
| 55 | As I bit through the clingwrap on my sandwich , I gulped , and summoning indifference said , ‘ Oh why do you think that Brenda ? ’ |
| 56 | Why do you think that ? |
| 57 | Why do you think that is ? |
| 58 | Cautiously he said , ‘ Why do you think that , angel ? ’ |
| 59 | ‘ Why do you think that is ? |
| 60 | Why do you think that was ? |