Example sentences of "why [vb past] they [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | I suddenly wondered , why did they send him on that Adventuring course ? |
2 | ‘ So why did they send you home ? ’ her mum asked . |
3 | ‘ So why did they send you ? |
4 | But why did they send them to you ? |
5 | ‘ Why did they shift you down here ? ’ |
6 | Why did they choose to omit a particular miracle and why did they change the chronology elsewhere ? |
7 | But why did they choose to build on their own valuable market places instead of expanding outwards into suburbs ? |
8 | Why did they choose Bill 's car I wonder ? |
9 | Why did they choose the ditch and not the road ? |
10 | Why did they choose you to tape ? |
11 | Why did they end ? |
12 | Pink 's beautiful feathers grow dull , why did they grow dull ? |
13 | Why did they kick him out ? |
14 | " If they went to all that trouble to take out the clothes labels , why did they leave his face untouched ? |
15 | And why did they leave the church house ? |
16 | Why did they leave the church house ? |
17 | If these people are so keen on farming , why did they bother forming a band ? |
18 | Why did they bother going ? |
19 | why did they go like , do you have to do it both together ? |
20 | But why did they go for absolute egalitarianism in the first place then ? |
21 | well why did they go down there then ? |
22 | Why did they move the arms in the first place ? |
23 | Erm why did they move to Street , your family ? |
24 | Even with the wind of generosity at their back , why did they travel at a man 's walking pace ? |
25 | So why did they think that they had the er means to do it in nineteen forty seven ? |
26 | Why did they think the Earth was flat for ? |
27 | Why did they think it was flat ? |
28 | Why did they choose to omit a particular miracle and why did they change the chronology elsewhere ? |
29 | Why d why did they change over ? |
30 | And why did they ignore Ludo ? |