Example sentences of "why [vb base] [pron] [vb infin] [adv] [verb] " 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 | You can just shout out any ideas you have so why do we need well trained people ? |
| 3 | Why do they pretend not to know ? |
| 4 | Why do they carry on sniffing ? |
| 5 | But seriously , why do you suppose there has been so little said about Sunday trading in the book trade ? could it be because we have failed to make a ‘ cold , calculating examination of the long term balance of financial advantage ’ ? |
| 6 | Why d why do you think why do you think it is that there was n't that motivation ? |
| 7 | Why do you go on believing he 's some sort of great big nome in the sky ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Why do you go on working for such a firm ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Why do you keep on saying I 'm inexperienced ? |
| 10 | ‘ So why do I go on expanding the company instead of putting up my feet and shooting the breeze ? ’ |
| 11 | So why do I carry on jiggling my earrings and cleavage simultaneously whenever an editorial planning meeting gets rough ? |