Example sentences of "but why [verb] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But why restrict access ? |
| 2 | But why had Portia Forbes been so provocative ? |
| 3 | But why had people forgotten ? |
| 4 | But why had Tatham wanted to keep that house ? |
| 5 | But why does Lord Berwick leave the room when you enter it ? |
| 6 | But why does Mr Ross always look sad ? |
| 7 | But why does Thomas consider a woman to be defective by nature ? |
| 8 | ‘ But why blame Feargal ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ But why pick fashion ? |
| 10 | so it was down to 10 men but why do teams always fight harder and play better when they 're one man short … |
| 11 | so it was down to 10 men but why do teams always fight harder and play better when they 're one man short … |
| 12 | But why do physicists want to unify phenomena , should they try to , and do the data justify their claims ? |
| 13 | But why do Sharwood 's go to such trouble and expense when other people make do with so much less ? |
| 14 | There are clear reasons why state power should encompass the means to conserve soil , reafforest and so on , but why do governments not do it successfully ? |
| 15 | But why do people use chemicals on their bodies in this way ? |
| 16 | ‘ A normal boxer gets tired and stays tired , but why has Eubank gone 33 fights without losing ? |
| 17 | ‘ But why did Lanyon write them too ? ’ |
| 18 | But why did society voluntarily accept the constraints imposed by the gold standard ? |
| 19 | Then she frowned and queried , ‘ But why did Nigel want rid of you ? |
| 20 | But why did people snigger when I told them what my father did ? |
| 21 | But why did Georgina want Fowler-Thrown ? |
| 22 | It was wonderful , but why did John not seem like an ordinary person any more , but a cause or a symbol to rally everyone around ? |
| 23 | Yes but why did Hitachi Data Systems Ltd choose the name Osiris for its new mainframe Unix combination ( see front ) : in the clearest indication possible that it regards the MVS mainframe as doomed , it has produced a colourful flyer that explains that Osiris was an ancient Egyptian king who after painful adventures became a god , and chose to act as an intermediary between the living and the dead , looking after the souls of the departed and giving the living the hope of eternal happiness in the other world ; ‘ In providing a quality solution which integrates open systems with existing System 370 and 390 environments , ’ the company says , ‘ HDS provides the best of both worlds ’ ( the living and the dead , that is ) . |