Example sentences of "why [vb past] [noun] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why did Karen go back to her house ? |
| 2 | ‘ Why did Albie borrow this ten grand ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Tell me , ’ said Robert , as they walked up the High Street , ‘ and I 'm not going on about it , but exactly why did Ali sentence me to death ? ’ |
| 4 | Or why did Stef kidnap well I , you know I ca n't understand this girl , because she 's been in er , I mean she must of seen him when , when he 's approached her to buy the house |
| 5 | Why did Osiris have Set for a brother ? |
| 6 | I 've got a classic one , why did London burn down in 1600s , because all the houses were made of ? |
| 7 | ‘ Respiratory failure at 11.30 p.m. ’ she said ( why did women have to be so scrupulously exact as to detail ? ) ‘ and before that he could n't swallow . |
| 8 | It was one of 500 , he said and asked : ‘ Why did ministers conspire to conceal these documents ? |
| 9 | Why did genes choose to gang up and make large bodies for themselves to live in ? |
| 10 | Why did genes gang up in cells ? |
| 11 | First then , why did genes gang up in cells ? |
| 12 | Why did genes come together into large vehicles , each with a single genetic exit route ? |
| 13 | Why did England fail to exploit the discovery ? |
| 14 | And why did Rose seem to sag wearily , as though it were tired and feeling its age ? |
| 15 | ‘ Why did Madeleine turn you down ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Why did Adam wait until so late ? ’ |
| 17 | Why did Holmes live secretly in a hut on the moor ? |
| 18 | Why did Holmes say that he and Dr Watson were going to London ? |
| 19 | ‘ The Lord said to Abraham , ‘ Why did Sarah laugh and say ‘ Shall I indeed bear a child when I am old ? ’ |
| 20 | Why did Manchester resign from being happening ? |
| 21 | Yet why did Ryan have an Australian partner ? |
| 22 | Why did life have to rush on so ? |
| 23 | Why did life have to be so complicated ? |
| 24 | Why did life have to be so hard ? |
| 25 | Right why did Victorians put skirtings around the table legs ? |
| 26 | Why did Bart decide to confront you today ? ’ |
| 27 | Why did Philippe demand that the Pope dissolve the order ? |
| 28 | Why did Colin leave ? |
| 29 | Why did Stapleton want to murder Sir Henry ? |
| 30 | Why did Stapleton beat his wife and tie her up ? |