Example sentences of "why [verb] [pron] [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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1 | " Why has he come back with you ? " |
2 | Why has he thrown up that promising career in politics to become a vicar ? ’ |
3 | Well why has it gone down ? |
4 | Why d' ya get up so early ? |
5 | " Why d' you write down everything in that book ? " demanded Miriam sharply , irritated by the Doctor 's methodical habits . |
6 | Why leave them lying about like that ? |
7 | Why did ye come back ? ’ |
8 | well why did they go down there then ? |
9 | Why d why did they change over ? |
10 | Why did they come back ? ’ |
11 | ‘ Why did she stay on here if she dislikes him so much ? ’ |
12 | Why did she go out and buy that obvious representation of a landscape she wanted to escape , the figures moving noiselessly under the shadow of the mill ? |
13 | ‘ Then why did she come back at all ? ’ |
14 | ’ Why did she come back from America ? ’ |
15 | Why did I rush out like that ? |
16 | ‘ He started going on again about me going into mainstream journalism , how a friend of his had contacts in Fleet Street , why the hell did n't I grow up and settle down like normal girls , why did I go around with Jake . |
17 | Why did I come back ? |
18 | There are other times when I 've turned back and felt ‘ gosh no , this is wrong ’ and afterwards thought why did I turn back , maybe I should have carried on . |
19 | ( Why Why did I pick up the telephone ) |
20 | Why did you carry on taking it ? |
21 | But you said I 'm not reading it , well why did you carry on if that was the case ? |
22 | Why did you go on about that erm place where you went for that beer and you know , you said that we worked for that |
23 | Well erm they did n't want to do banker 's order , so why did you go around ? |
24 | ‘ Why did you go off into the woods ? |
25 | And why did you go out on strike in the first place ? |
26 | ‘ Why did you go out when you got the letter ? |
27 | Why did you go out of the way to kill Romeo ? |
28 | Well why did you go out with Nick for ? |
29 | Why did you go back to London in the first place ? — why did n't you stay here ? ’ |
30 | ‘ But why did you go back ? ’ |