Example sentences of "then why [vb past] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.

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No	Sentence
1	If it was not a community crime , if the Pitts had not been slaughtered because they stood out from their fellows in a way the neighbourhood resented , then why had they died ?
2	But then why had they taken the tutor , T'ai Cho and afterwards released him ?
3	But if nuclear power was as dangerous , polluting and unhealthy as its opponents believed , then why had it survived so long ?
4	Then why had he gone this particular morning ?
5	Then why had he told Gwen he knew her parents ?
6	Then why did they include it ?
7	Presently she said , ‘ Then why did they have a row ? ’
8	‘ Then why did they run for it ? ’ said Michael .
9	‘ Then why did they come so far ?
10	‘ Then why did we change the name if we were so proud of him ? ’
11	Then why did I want to run away from it ?
12	‘ Then why did you tell your mother I was n't ? ’
13	‘ Then why did you dance attendance on her ? ’
14	‘ Then why did you pounce like that when I mentioned him ? ’
15	Then why did you bother losing your sleep if no one can get in ?
16	‘ Then why did you leave ? ’ he asked at length .
17	‘ Then why did you ask me for a book on Reptiles ? ’
18	‘ Then why did you ask me to have some ? ’ said Alice crossly .
19	‘ Then why did you ask her to come to the house ? ’
20	‘ Then why did you ask what sort , eh ?
21	Well then why did you let me put all your things you have that side ?
22	‘ Then why did you keep them ? ’
23	‘ Then why did you agree to it ? ’
24	‘ Then why did you call him in ? ’
25	‘ Then why did you have to go back for treatment ? ’
26	‘ If she felt like that , then why did you have her to live with you ? ’
27	‘ Then why did you come at all ? ’
28	‘ Then why did you come ? ’ he grated .
29	‘ Then why did you come to Oxford ? ’ she demanded .
30	‘ Then why did you come ? ’

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