Example sentences of "why do [pers pn] go [adv prt] " in BNC.
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1 | And the years rolled away , and it was a different room , yet still the same , the room where she 'd had her first ; old white paint with the grudging cleanliness of not quite enough scrubbing ; the sticky rubber mat under her bottom , that made her wonder what other bottoms had lain on it , wonder desperately enough to take her mind off her panic at the instrument 's entry onto her , and the thought , it 's like the first screw you ever had — why do we do it , why do we go on doing it ? |
2 | Why do they go on ? |
3 | Why do you go on believing he 's some sort of great big nome in the sky ? ’ |
4 | ‘ Why do you go on working for such a firm ? ’ |
5 | ‘ So why do I go on expanding the company instead of putting up my feet and shooting the breeze ? ’ |