Example sentences of "why [verb] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We learnt why seconds frequently jumar on this wall . |
| 2 | It gave me even more of a feeling of why pick now to put me through this . |
| 3 | Why do supposedly mature adults still find underwear rude and , therefore , titillating ? |
| 4 | Why do more-recently formed marriages have a higher risk of divorce ? |
| 5 | We need , therefore , to answer two questions for infant mortality rates : why do working-class infants suffer more from ill-health than middle-class infants ( assuming that this is correct ) and why do more die when ill ? |
| 6 | Why get so agitated about it ? ’ |
| 7 | And why does any star which is radiating energy not lose so much mass ( thanks to E=MC 2 ) that gravity can no longer hold it together ? |
| 8 | Christ , why had AD let him in for this ? |
| 9 | Since make has been shown to evoke the idea of simply producing an effect , this explains why have always suggests a disposition to comply , whereas make does not . |