Example sentences of "but why do [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But why does it always go wrong ? |
| 2 | Everyone knows that the zebra has bold black and white stripes , but why does it have them ? |
| 3 | Pompous people are very quick to lay blame on the social services when things go wrong , but why does it happen ? |
| 4 | But why does it suddenly feel threatened by the contact of its peaceful owner ? |
| 5 | ‘ But why does it need the army ? ’ |
| 6 | Aye , the lepers and beggars must have somewhere to go , but why does it have to be on my front doorstep ? |
| 7 | True , he is n't ; they are n't ; but why does it matter ? |
| 8 | ‘ Yes , but why does it have to be raised by means of a levy ? ’ |
| 9 | But why does it have to be that ? |
| 10 | That 's just , that 's just but why does it have to happen ? |
| 11 | I know but why does it do that ? |
| 12 | But why does she keep looking towards the door ? |
| 13 | Once we adopt this view of teachers or of any other human being , our starting question is no longer why does he/she fail to do X , but why does he/she do Y ? |
| 14 | ‘ He is good-looking , ’ Anne whispered to Diana , ‘ but why does he smile at me ? |
| 15 | But why does he not do something ? |
| 16 | ‘ But why does he keep saying things like ‘ extraordinarily interesting ’ and ‘ indeed , indeed ’ ? |
| 17 | That is all very well , but why does he not come clean and give us Labour 's figures ? |
| 18 | It is pretty certain that , in term of what adults mean by ‘ longer ’ the children do not really think that the pencil is longer ; but why do they say this ? |
| 19 | They are , in one sense , interpreting the question differently from the way we do ; but why do they do it ? |
| 20 | But why do they see God like that ? |
| 21 | But why do they give you a treble boost ? |
| 22 | ‘ But why do they wear so few clothes ? |
| 23 | ‘ But why do they upset her ? ’ he asked . |
| 24 | ‘ But why do they pretend to be brother and sister ? ’ |
| 25 | But why do they want them , I mean what are they gon na use it for ? |
| 26 | and after all I 've done for you But why do they always say they 're going home . |
| 27 | But WHY do we believe that ? |
| 28 | But why do we do that ? |
| 29 | But why do we have two eyes and not just one ? |
| 30 | But why do we do the experiment then ? |