Example sentences of "why do you [vb infin] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I also took note of the man who wrote to me saying ‘ why do you sigh so much ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ But tell me , why do you disapprove so strongly of my choice of leisure pursuits ? ’ |
| 3 | But seriously , why do you suppose there has been so little said about Sunday trading in the book trade ? could it be because we have failed to make a ‘ cold , calculating examination of the long term balance of financial advantage ’ ? |
| 4 | " Why do you stamp underground ? " |
| 5 | Why d why do you think why do you think it is that there was n't that motivation ? |
| 6 | Erm why do you think well why do you think I was telling you that ? |
| 7 | ‘ Why do you think so ? ’ she asked after a while , as her initial disapproval was superseded by curiosity . |
| 8 | Why do you think so few people in your kind of position have actually stuck their heads above the parapet and cried ‘ No ’ ? |
| 9 | Why do you think so ? |
| 10 | ‘ Why do you do up your hair in those tortured plaits , now , Melanie ? |
| 11 | ‘ Why do you do so little ? ’ the boss asked . |
| 12 | ‘ But why do you shout so loudly ? ’ he asked . |
| 13 | Why do you go on believing he 's some sort of great big nome in the sky ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Why do you go on working for such a firm ? ’ |
| 15 | Why do you go there ? ’ |
| 16 | Well why do you go so early ? |
| 17 | I ca n't remember , it was so awful it seemed a lifetime , why do you endlessly bother me , why do you carp so ? ’ |
| 18 | Turning , throwing his voice ( Miss Dainty : ‘ Why do you stare so ? ’ ) and the line with extra meaning : ‘ A duke may look at an actress , may he not ? ’ |
| 19 | CHORUS : Why do you cry out thus , unless at some vision of horror ? |
| 20 | So why do you fill in all the rest of them silly columns in ? |
| 21 | ‘ Why do you fly so low ? ’ asked the man who had learnt English in school . |
| 22 | Policing needs to be locally based why do you need so many force headquarters ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Why do you charge so much ? ’ |
| 24 | Then Gedanken said , ‘ Uncle , if you like being on your own a lot , why do you put up with me ? |
| 25 | Hence , I may have great difficulty in answering a relatively simple question like ‘ Why do you put so much energy into your career ? ’ and I would have even more difficulty in deciding how much energy 1 should put into my career and how much into my family . |
| 26 | ‘ Why do you keep on with it , Maria ? ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Why do you keep on saying I 'm inexperienced ? |
| 28 | Why do you look so sad ? " |
| 29 | Why do you look so odd ? |
| 30 | Why do you look so surprised , cara ? |