Example sentences of "why [verb] [pers pn] up " in BNC.
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| 1 | There was a Mitchell at Hickham during the attack , so why dress it up as something that did n't exist ? |
| 2 | But then , why give them up so abruptly ? |
| 3 | Why bring it up now ? |
| 4 | ‘ So we were both pretty involved , ’ he said with a shrug , ‘ but why bring it up now ? ’ |
| 5 | Why look me up particularly ? ’ |
| 6 | 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 ? |