Example sentences of "why do we have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Marlon : Why did we have to come shopping ? |
| 2 | Why do we have to say that these thoughts are like mental actions ? |
| 3 | ‘ This declaration is not a blind bit of good to the workers who have to take over the jobs of those who have emigrated , ’ and ‘ Why do we have to wait till the next central committee meeting ? ’ were other grumbles . |
| 4 | Why do we have to wait until 1993 before the poll tax is abolished ? |
| 5 | Well why why do we have wait three months ? |
| 6 | Why do we have to go through this sort of agony in every American Major ? |
| 7 | Lasting impressions so far : the sun ( miraculously ) shining on the slopes of Dalwhinnie , far in the north , on the first leg of the journey ; stumbling across Drew from the World Cup holiday in a motorway café somewhere in England in the middle of the night ; breakfast and mineral water with Claire ( oh , it was good to see her ) in an Italian cafe near London Victoria ; people throwing up all over the joint on the Seacat crossing to Boulogne ( and me staggering about , legs way out of control , on the deck , getting soaked by the spray , saltwater taste in the mouth , and a rainbow arcing on top of the water behind the catamaran ) ; complaining English and American tourist ( ‘ It 's ridiculous that we have to go through customs — why do we have to go through customs anyway ? … ) ; terrible fatigue on the train to Paris , and temperamental French men shouting and swearing at each other in the aisle ; relief at finding Angela 's flat in Paris ; difficult negotiation of the very narrow stairwell , finally finding her way at the top on the 6th floor ; food , and wine , and a shower , and a bed-settee for the night ; Japanese tourists at Notre Dame , and a man announcing his state of poverty and homelessness on the Métro — ‘ ‘ . |
| 8 | ‘ Why do we have to go to Glastonbury ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Why do we have to go ? ’ |
| 10 | Why do we have to bring in a cut-throat operator like Guy Sterne ? ’ |
| 11 | And why do we have to have double bass players featured ? |
| 12 | Oh God it 's so What I hate Why do we have to walk up this way , it 's always all uphill . |
| 13 | Why do we have to fight like this ? ’ |