Example sentences of "but [Wh adv] do [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | The B52s certainly look like hulks … but how do actually handle … |
2 | ‘ But why do n't you use the goddam bog ? ’ someone says . |
3 | The question is not what can we do about the greenhouse effect , but why do n't we do anything ? |
4 | But why do n't the rules stipulate that on a grey you have to wear brown breeches for the same reason ? |
5 | ‘ But why do n't you want to go to Gran 's ? ’ |
6 | I know you can buy ‘ 68 reissues but why do n't Fender produce a proper Hendrix Strat ( maybe even with a reverse body ) . |
7 | ‘ But why do n't you wear your hair down ? |
8 | But why do n't we know anything about them ? |
9 | But why do n't , why do n't , why do n't |
10 | ‘ But why do n't they do something ? ’ |
11 | Look I know we said we would n't talk about it and maybe it 's not fair cos I do n't know what state you 'll be in when you get this , but why do n't we just move to the country and have babies ? |
12 | But why do n't I tell him myself ? |
13 | ’ But why do n't they just do that ? ’ |
14 | ‘ But why do n't you let me cook it ? |
15 | Well , you see , here 's a typical example here of the way is thinking she says , could there have been er could there not be more contact and cooperation er , if I am in a group providing music , which she is , there 's every chance that the readers will have no knowledge of our intentions prior to our arriving in church , but why do n't the music people tell ? |
16 | Well … but why do n't you ever come ? ’ |
17 | But why do n't they want the stable lads to know what weights ? |
18 | But why do n't we be become more self sufficient ? |
19 | ‘ I 'll admit anything you like — but why do n't you start using your brains for a change ? ’ he told her roughly . |
20 | ‘ I 'm sorry you 're miffed because I do n't want to sell and I 'm sorry our views on the nuisance value of my workshop conflict , ’ Ashley said , ‘ but why do n't we wait until the villas are occupied and take a vote among the owners ? |
21 | ‘ Yes , I think so , but why do n't we take my car ? ’ |
22 | Your worse than Albert , but why do n't you go to front of bloody paper . |
23 | Yeah but why do n't tell the girls ? |
24 | But why do n't you use the other one ? |
25 | But why do n't you allow them to run a similar course there because it would mean more student members |
26 | I suppose a couple of centuries ago most of the commercial production of energy , if you could call it that two centuries ago , was via windmills and perhaps watermills , but why do n't we go back to wind power ? |
27 | But why do only males feed in this way ? |