Example sentences of "why [verb] [pers pn] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why has she done this to us ? |
| 2 | Why has he done it now ? |
| 3 | Her friend Izzy said , Why d' you do that , you look barmy walking like a robot , look at you . |
| 4 | Why stop me doing the one subject I 'm ace at ? ’ |
| 5 | Why did we do so much better than the pundits and opinion polls predicted ? |
| 6 | erm and I think that if it is pulled down for this new development , in ten year 's time we will look back and we will say ‘ Why did we do this ? |
| 7 | Now why did we did we subtract this three from that five . |
| 8 | Why did they do so well ? |
| 9 | Why did they do it ? |
| 10 | Since , as we have seen , both were bound on pain of dreadful punishments not to reveal the secrets of their Order , why did they do it ? |
| 11 | Why did they do so ? |
| 12 | Why did they do it ? |
| 13 | Why did they do it ? |
| 14 | Why did they do it ? |
| 15 | And why did they do that ? |
| 16 | Well why did they do it ? |
| 17 | Why did they do that ? |
| 18 | Why did they do that ? |
| 19 | Why did they do this ? |
| 20 | But why did they do well out of them if they were free ? |
| 21 | Why did she do that ? |
| 22 | Why did I do things this way rather than that ? |
| 23 | At the time it might be great and five years later I think , ‘ Why did I do that ? ’ but sometimes it 's the only way of finding something out . |
| 24 | ‘ Why did I do it ? ’ |
| 25 | I know if I feel depressed I should n't just sit on my own , you just dwell on it : ‘ Why did I do this , why did I do that ? ’ |
| 26 | I know if I feel depressed I should n't just sit on my own , you just dwell on it : ‘ Why did I do this , why did I do that ? ’ |
| 27 | And why did I do nothing ? |
| 28 | Why did I do it ? |
| 29 | Why did I do it ? |
| 30 | ‘ Why , why , why did I do it ? ’ |