Example sentences of "so why [modal v] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ So why would I choose you ? |
| 2 | So why would you use it , er , that 's have a look at . |
| 3 | yeah , so why would you have to do another one next year ? |
| 4 | So why might it be a good idea to use stainless steel for a car exhaust pipe ? |
| 5 | He says the Americans have got the diplomacy right so why can we . |
| 6 | So why 'd they make him up to a supervisor then ? |
| 7 | ‘ So why 'd she say that thing about ferrets ? ’ inquired Sam further . |
| 8 | If you think I am wrong , then fine , but you must know it 's bollocks , he must know it 's bollocks , so why must you even try to get this point across in a publication that has such a big influence on budding , enthusiastic players , a lot of whom have no other contact with the rock establishment ? |
| 9 | Most of the girls who came out with you are married , so why must you be different ? ’ |
| 10 | So why should we still be looking around for suitable composts ? |
| 11 | We do n't ask a Hollywood actor whether his latest blockbusting performance was fuelled by cocaine or booze ( though to be told that it was is mildly titillating ) , so why should we care how unorthodox were the preparations that preceded the athlete 's explosion off the blocks ? |
| 12 | We do n't believe in leprechauns so why should we believe in The Queen ? |
| 13 | We do not allow motor cyclists on to the roads without helmets , so why should we allow bowler-hatted men with batons to walk up the highways ? |
| 14 | We scoff at the pretentious person who buys the Tatler to exhibit it on the coffee table , so why should we not view with less than admiration the newspaper which bribes its readers to buy it for reasons other than its content ? |
| 15 | We do n't like 16-bit owners making fun of us 8-bit owners , so why should we make fun of the Spectrum ? |
| 16 | ‘ Switzerland had four home matches with full houses at normal kick-off times so why should we be denied that basic right ? |
| 17 | So why should we ? |
| 18 | Nobody cried for us , so why should we for Liverpool ? ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Yet Arsenal have five strikers — Campbell , Wright , Merson , Smith and Groves — and they are not selling any , so why should we ? |
| 20 | So why should we start seeing the highly dangerous picture of front rows collapsing the scrummage. ? |
| 21 | I mean they 're normal to us but they 're not normal to other people , so why should we make them normal to them , just to please society ? |
| 22 | So why should we not pass the benefits of these savings back to the members ? |
| 23 | She was feeling thoroughly angry , but she hid it from Jean as she went on , ‘ Ling has shown us where the cakes , sandwiches and asparagus rolls are in the deep-freeze , and we know exactly when to defrost them in the microwave ovens — so why should we worry about Doreen ? ’ |
| 24 | That turned out to be untrue , so why should we now believe these spurious scares about NHS trusts leading to privatisation ? |
| 25 | They were wrong , so why should we believe that they have got it right on this occasion ? |
| 26 | So why should we pander to the media and the right-wingers of the Party ? |
| 27 | ‘ You do n't love me ; so why should we make love ? ’ |
| 28 | So why should we have new boundaries . |
| 29 | Little bloody ants on this earth , do n't you know , no , sorry , it 's not , no , no , so why should we worry ? |
| 30 | I 'd called it that all my life so why should they try to force me to change the way I speak my own language ? |