Example sentences of "but why [vb mod] i [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But why would I do that ? |
| 2 | ‘ But why would I agree to help you investigate the club if I were a user myself ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ But why should I do anything , Rose ? ’ |
| 4 | But why should I do her any favours and explain this , after what she 's done to me ? |
| 5 | Well , of course the guy with the sixty per cent just kept saying , you know , up yours , in the nicest possible way , you know , it may work for you , but why should I do it when I get no benefit from it , and I own sixty per cent of this outfit . |
| 6 | But why should I expect her to change just because I have ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ But why should I get the blame ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ You keep saying that , but why should I get hurt ? |
| 9 | I 'll admit it was a weak-sister thing to say , but why should I stick up for Russell ? |
| 10 | Not much help to you , I know , but why should I fib and say I walked in ? |
| 11 | Well I think it 's been open to any higher education institution to grab this idea because it 's been around for a long time , the great beauty of Napier is to some degree it 's a centre of excellence it 's got its B A course so has Queen Margaret but at the bottom end but why should I say the bottom end at the bottom end it 's got the B A communications course at the top end it 's got apprentice training for printers . |
| 12 | But why should I suspect him ? |
| 13 | But why must I worry about those future citizens , today 's citizen-slob might reason , even if they are likely to include me ? |