Example sentences of "then why [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But then why had they taken the tutor , T'ai Cho and afterwards released him ? |
| 2 | 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 ? |
| 3 | Then why had her hands become inexplicably clammy — and how could she account for the unsteadiness of her breathing ? |
| 4 | But if nuclear power was as dangerous , polluting and unhealthy as its opponents believed , then why had it survived so long ? |
| 5 | Then why had he gone this particular morning ? |
| 6 | Then why had he told Gwen he knew her parents ? |
| 7 | If you 're in a hurry to go then why waste your time talking to me ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Then why involve her at all ? ’ |
| 9 | ’ Then why bother me with it ? ’ |
| 10 | Many times have I heard people say , ‘ But if there is a God up there , then why does he not help me in my dilemma ? ’ |
| 11 | Then why does he hate it ? |
| 12 | ‘ Then why does he have it there ? ’ |
| 13 | Harvey said very reasonably , ‘ Then why does he go around wearing that ankle-length overcoat with the astrakhan collar ? |
| 14 | he would n't have to see it , he could just know it 's there but then why does he say , I imagine it |
| 15 | ‘ Then why do they look second-hand ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ If that is true , then why do they fear him ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Then why do they say it ? ’ |
| 18 | If the rumour I heard , that privately the deal was 1.8 million , was true then why do they have to go about making Leeds sound stupid in their propaganda . |
| 19 | They 're so bloody thick , they 're always saying that we dress like tramps yeah then why do they wear clothes with holes in them ? |
| 20 | ‘ Then why do we do it now ? ’ |
| 21 | We call it a proceed , then why do we check proceed should be part of the whole self process and not just in . |
| 22 | Then why do I always feel as if I am falling off the edge of a cliff ? |
| 23 | ‘ Then why do I need to see her ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ Then why do I get the distinct impression that we 're going round and round in the same circles ? ’ |
| 25 | ‘ Then why do you call him your Dad then ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Then why do you not go to bed ? ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Then why do you ? |
| 28 | ‘ If you worry so much about things , Miss Mac , then why do you sell them at all ? ’ she asked in tones that knew there could be no answer . |
| 29 | ‘ Then why do you keep looking out the window ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Then why do you do it ? ’ |