Example sentences of "why do you say " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why d' ya say Damian ? |
| 2 | ‘ Why d' you say that ? ’ |
| 3 | I said rather disappointedly , ‘ Why did you say that ? ’ |
| 4 | Why did you say you had my wallet otherwise ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ Why did you say it was got in Miss Pine 's ? |
| 6 | ‘ Why did you say I was too posh ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Why did you say ‘ I want to say alive ’ ? ’ |
| 8 | Why did you say tender ? |
| 9 | Now , why did you , why did you say yes ? |
| 10 | Why did you say no ? |
| 11 | Those eighty six , why did you say yes when yo when I er ho how did you interpret what I said about worrying ? |
| 12 | Why did you say no out of interest ? , |
| 13 | The twenty who said no , let's just hear one or two of you , why why why did you say no ? |
| 14 | Why did you say I may not ? |
| 15 | ‘ Those words , ’ Monsieur Firmin said slowly , ‘ why did you say those words , Madame Giry ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ If it is n't true , ’ said Mavis coldly , ‘ why did you say this morning that your car would be just right for me ? ’ |
| 17 | " Why did you say , Daddy , last night , that the people in the streets seemed content and happy ? " asked Joseph eagerly . |
| 18 | ‘ Why did you say you were his secretary ? ’ asked Camille . |
| 19 | Why did you say it was Our Lady we saw ? |
| 20 | ‘ Tess , why did you say ‘ no ’ so positively ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ So why did you say you needed me around ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Why did you say he ’ — indicating the statement — ‘ he was a clever man ? ’ |
| 23 | The question " Were you speaking Patois or English just then ? " will not necessarily make a lot of sense to a member of the London Caribbean community , any more than the questions " Why did you say that in Patois ? " or " How would the effect of that be different if you said it in ordinary English ? " . |
| 24 | ‘ Why did you say your name was Michele Lorenzo ? ’ |
| 25 | Then he seemed to think of something , and said , ‘ Why did you say I needed someone lively ? |
| 26 | Mum why did you say go away ? |
| 27 | Why did you say go away when he was n't on the flowers ? |
| 28 | Then why did you say Princess Diana ? |
| 29 | Why did you say it was two words ? |
| 30 | Well why did you say that the other day then ? |