Example sentences of "why did [pers pn] [vb infin] back " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why did ye come back ? ’ |
| 2 | Why did they come back ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Then why did she come back at all ? ’ |
| 4 | ’ Why did she come back from America ? ’ |
| 5 | Why did I come back ? |
| 6 | There are other times when I 've turned back and felt ‘ gosh no , this is wrong ’ and afterwards thought why did I turn back , maybe I should have carried on . |
| 7 | Why did you go back to London in the first place ? — why did n't you stay here ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ But why did you go back ? ’ |
| 9 | Why did you step back ? |
| 10 | People always ask , ‘ Why did you come back ? ’ when someone has been living abroad . |
| 11 | ‘ You had been meticulous , why did you come back today ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Why did you come back ? ’ went on Eleanor , her green gaze bright with dislike as it fixed on Jessamy . |
| 13 | ‘ Why did you come back ? |
| 14 | ‘ So why did you come back ? ’ she asked . |
| 15 | Just sugar and eggs in there , and the card why did you come back for ? |
| 16 | Why did you come back for ? |
| 17 | Bird Vincent , by all accounts , participated in no national dramas ; so why did he come back , if he did ? |
| 18 | ‘ But why did he come back ? ’ she asked helplessly . |