Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [pron] [vb mod] want [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Can you think of any reason why someone should want to kill him ? ’ |
| 2 | He cared a lot about other people and could never understand why someone should want to hurt him . |
| 3 | For , trying to analyse why she should want to see him again so badly , she realised that the only thing she could be positive of was that her wanting to see him again had nothing whatsoever to do with that infernal interview ! |
| 4 | I do n't know why you would want to kill them , but I 'm sure that you would if you had them in your hands . |
| 5 | ‘ The pumpkin was really enormous and it 's hard to understand why anybody would want to steal it . |
| 6 | ‘ I 'd not forgotten him , but I just could n't see why he 'd want to kill her . |
| 7 | ‘ I ca n't imagine why anyone would want to eat them , ’ he went on . |
| 8 | Police still know precious little about the dead man , least of all why anyone should want to kill him . |