Example sentences of "why [verb] [pron] tell [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why did nobody tell me it was like this ? ’ |
| 2 | Why did no-one tell me ? |
| 3 | Why did she tell you that ? |
| 4 | Why did I tell them it was Billy Tuckett ? |
| 5 | ‘ Why did you tell him that ? ’ |
| 6 | She said : ‘ Why did you tell him Oliver and I were involved in drugs ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Why did you tell him lies ? ’ she said . |
| 8 | Why , oh , why did you tell him such a dreadful fib ? ’ |
| 9 | Why did you tell him got that ? |
| 10 | ‘ Why did you tell me that ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Why did you tell me Mills was a KGB agent , when he was n't ? ’ she asked . |
| 12 | ‘ Why did you tell me ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Why did you tell me Elaine was your sister ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Why did you tell me you 'd had ‘ dozens ’ of lovers ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Then why did you tell your mother I was n't ? ’ |
| 16 | Why did you tell you daddy , but why ca n't I |
| 17 | So why did you tell it to them ? |
| 18 | And if he knew why did he tell her and annoy her still further ? |
| 19 | Why did he tell us to go to the front stairs ? ’ |
| 20 | Why do you tell me those things ? |
| 21 | ‘ Anyway , Daddy , why do you tell me that ? |
| 22 | ‘ So why do you tell me all this now ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ Why do I tell you this ? ’ he was saying confidently . |
| 24 | ‘ Why do I tell you all this , when you yourselves know what poverty is and what starvation is and what a lack of cash is about ? ’ |
| 25 | Why do I tell you all this ? |
| 26 | Why do I tell you this ? |
| 27 | ‘ Why does everybody tell me I ought to watch my drinking when they 're all so busy watching it for me ? |