Example sentences of "why ever [verb] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ Oh , but Finn , why ever does he want you |
2 | Why ever had she taken it so badly ? |
3 | Why ever did we marry so young , they asked one another . |
4 | " Well , then , " she continued , with what seemed to her to be the very height of aware sophistication , " why ever did you want to come here on this sort of trip ? " |
5 | ‘ Oh , Richard , why ever did you stay with such a woman ? ’ she murmured . |
6 | Why ever did you go to the funeral ? ’ |
7 | Why ever did you do that ? ’ |
8 | Why ever did you do it ? |
9 | Why ever did he bother to write them out ? the landlady asked , gravely vexed and insulted . |