Example sentences of "why [verb] [pers pn] want [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Why d' you want to go in ? ’ |
2 | I mean this is something that we could maybe be of help to in fact maybe something that I could be of help to them on because I actually do lectures on public relations how to assess what I mean at a very basic level you want to communicate with press how do you do it but before you do it why do you want to do it . |
3 | So why did they want to see Louise for then ? |
4 | Why did they want to dismiss positive news , potential proof that John was alive , and do absolutely nothing about it ? |
5 | But they did n't , so why did they want to come to Britain ? |
6 | Why did she want to sit next to you ? |
7 | Why did she want to take away the one possession that was truly valuable to him ? |
8 | Oh dear God , why did she want to laugh and cry at the same time ? |
9 | So why did she want to stay ? |
10 | Then why did I want to run away from it ? |
11 | Why did you want to sit there ? |
12 | Why did you want to leave school ? |
13 | That sort of thing , right , and why did you want to use it ? |
14 | ‘ Why did you want to see me ? ’ |
15 | Why did you cho why did you want to have modern ? |
16 | ‘ Why did you want to know ? ’ she asked suspiciously . |
17 | Why did you want to know ? |
18 | Anyway , why did you want to speak to him ? |
19 | Why did he want to hold his peace ? |
20 | Why did he want go to finish |
21 | Why did he want to leave ? |
22 | But why did he want to keep her here ? |
23 | ‘ Why do we want to do that ? ’ |
24 | Why , why do we want to liberalize world trade ? |
25 | And what about us — why do we want to get educated ? ’ |
26 | And a key in all of this and Professor Lock er mentioned is why should we have er a strategic exceptions policy , why why do we want to attract those sort of developments to the county and more specifically perhaps Harrogate District ? |
27 | Why do we want to make money ? |
28 | Who are these people still growing Gamay in Champagne and why do they want to continue ? |
29 | She said , well why do they want to live in Exeter particularly ? |
30 | ‘ Why do they want to go putting an ‘ A ’ on with it ? ’ |