Example sentences of "why [vb past] they [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As Mrs Robson said , people had taken to war like they did to life : they had accepted it and were living with it and with all the things it did to them ; but why did them up top have to go and stop the flower trains coming from Cornwall ? |
| 2 | If the police are truly interested in being accountable to and building bridges with those that they police , why did they not discuss their plans with representatives of the community organisations on the estate ? |
| 3 | Reviewing national programmes , however , raises key and difficult questions for both donors ( why did they not co-operate more effectively ? ) and recipients ( how could they justify a range of prestige projects ? why are they more dependant on aid than ever ? ) |
| 4 | Then : ‘ Why did they not ? ’ he asked . |
| 5 | Why did they not interfere with catapults ? — these did more injury than other weapons . ’ |
| 6 | Why did they not give tea parties for their own men ( if they were able to find any ) ? |
| 7 | Why did they not rather try to recruit them into the STA in some way , as a separate women 's branch for instance , as in the past ? |
| 8 | Why did they not give her toys to play with ? |
| 9 | Why did they not act boldly like the Russians ? |
| 10 | For the lord 's sake , then , why did they not put in some repairs ? |
| 11 | Why did they not receive greater support ? |
| 12 | Well why did they just , why was it rejected |
| 13 | Why did they always cloak everything , if not with seven veils , at least with one ? |
| 14 | Who were your friends , and why did they so foolishly raid an SS building ? ’ |
| 15 | But why did they ever think a roof on its own was enough ? |
| 16 | Why had they just ignored Tubby 's report ? |
| 17 | But if so , why had they not walked in and asked for it ? |
| 18 | If the house they referred to , thought Rufus , had been Wyvis Hall , why had they not said so ? |
| 19 | Why had they never told him ? |