Example sentences of "why do you [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.

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No	Sentence
1	Then why do you plump for one which has these impediments ?
2	‘ So why do you disapprove of my getting along so well with Emily ? ’
3	‘ Why do you disapprove of my brother 's relationship with your cousin ? ’ she asked him .
4	Dear Harsnet , he wrote , why do you persist in this rigmarole of refusing even to acknowledge my existence ?
5	Why do you persist in calling Canada dull ?
6	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 ? ’
7	She said in a neutral voice , ‘ Why do you bother with me ? ’
8	‘ Why do you bother with such tricks ? ’
9	Why do you laugh at me ? ’
10	Why do you think of everything but funeral ?
11	Why do you think in this way ?
12	Or why do you speak with her ?
13	Playing as a child on the Paris pavements , my ten-year-old companion asked me , ‘ Why do you speak in English ?
14	Why do you stay in Sècheron and deny yourself the pleasures of Geneva ? ’
15	‘ Kind sirs , ’ Babushka said , ‘ why do you travel by night and sleep by day ?
16	Then why do you go to your G P ?
17	Why do you go to your G Ps ?
18	Why do you go to Birmingham ?
19	‘ Why do you talk of death ?
20	Then another thought struck her and she added mockingly , ‘ Why do you talk of buying ?
21	‘ Why do you talk as if you and Jake had only one child ? ’ she whispered .
22	Why do you panic like a silly girl every time something scares you ?
23	Why do you want to be a policeman ?
24	Why do you want to it ?
25	And why do you want to be the Prime Minister ?
26	‘ Why do you stare at me so , Theda ? ’
27	‘ Why do you cry to me ?
28	‘ Why do you believe in alienth ? ’ she said .
29	Why do you write on such small pieces of paper ?
30	Why do you come for that alarm ?

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