Example sentences of "why [verb] they [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I suddenly wondered , why did they send him on that Adventuring course ? |
| 2 | ‘ So why did they send you home ? ’ her mum asked . |
| 3 | ‘ So why did they send you ? |
| 4 | But why did they send them to you ? |
| 5 | ‘ Why did they shift you down here ? ’ |
| 6 | Why did they choose to omit a particular miracle and why did they change the chronology elsewhere ? |
| 7 | But why did they choose to build on their own valuable market places instead of expanding outwards into suburbs ? |
| 8 | Why did they choose Bill 's car I wonder ? |
| 9 | Why did they choose the ditch and not the road ? |
| 10 | Why did they choose you to tape ? |
| 11 | Why did they end ? |
| 12 | Pink 's beautiful feathers grow dull , why did they grow dull ? |
| 13 | Why did they kick him out ? |
| 14 | " If they went to all that trouble to take out the clothes labels , why did they leave his face untouched ? |
| 15 | And why did they leave the church house ? |
| 16 | Why did they leave the church house ? |
| 17 | If these people are so keen on farming , why did they bother forming a band ? |
| 18 | Why did they bother going ? |
| 19 | why did they go like , do you have to do it both together ? |
| 20 | But why did they go for absolute egalitarianism in the first place then ? |
| 21 | well why did they go down there then ? |
| 22 | Why did they move the arms in the first place ? |
| 23 | Erm why did they move to Street , your family ? |
| 24 | Even with the wind of generosity at their back , why did they travel at a man 's walking pace ? |
| 25 | So why did they think that they had the er means to do it in nineteen forty seven ? |
| 26 | Why did they think the Earth was flat for ? |
| 27 | Why did they think it was flat ? |
| 28 | Why did they choose to omit a particular miracle and why did they change the chronology elsewhere ? |
| 29 | Why d why did they change over ? |
| 30 | And why did they ignore Ludo ? |