Example sentences of "why [vb base] you [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Alex why do you why do you lot always say that , you say well bye we 're going home now , then you come back in ? |
| 2 | Why do you not want our own place ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Why do you not want to tell your parents ? ’ |
| 4 | Why do you not realise that it has to be stopped , and that you 're the ones to do it ! |
| 5 | Why do you not recognize us ? |
| 6 | Why do you not suggest that brides , or their mothers , make their dresses ? |
| 7 | ‘ Then why do you not go to bed ? ’ |
| 8 | Why do you not go to a provincial university meantime , and perhaps win a scholarship to Oxford from there ? |
| 9 | But why do you not tell the authorities , petition the Council ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Why do you not speak to Chambers ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ As you voted for me , ’ he told that turbulent Labour MP , ‘ why do you not support my authority or at least let me know beforehand what you intend to do ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Why do you not vent your crusading zeal in an article for the Star ? ’ he asked . |
| 13 | Why do you not understand my needs as a woman ? |
| 14 | ‘ Why do you not let me take my participation a stage further ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Why do you not join him ? ’ |
| 16 | ‘ If you are so certain , ’ she prompted , ‘ why do you not close your business and come to London ? ’ |
| 17 | Why do you not steal from shops ? |
| 18 | Why do you not remember the words of Brillat Savarin : the pot must smile . |
| 19 | ‘ Why do you not believe ? ’ it said . |
| 20 | ‘ Why do you not need protection ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ So why do you not come out ? ’ asked the guru . |
| 22 | ‘ Then , if you think that I have overstated the reality , why do you not come with me into the slums of Whitechapel or Limehouse ? |
| 23 | I ca n't remember , it was so awful it seemed a lifetime , why do you endlessly bother me , why do you carp so ? ’ |
| 24 | Why do you actually need the white sticks to a mark up |
| 25 | I 've listened very carefully to Councillor and I have n't learnt a thing about the answer to various questions which were raised at E I D and and I ask it again , why do you really reject the Scheme ? |
| 26 | ‘ Mum , ’ said the little boy , ‘ why do you always cook breakfast in your dressing gown ? ’ |
| 27 | Why do you always demand ? |
| 28 | Statements such as ‘ I have a problem I think you can help me with ’ are infinitely more effective than ‘ You 've done it again , ’ or ‘ Why do you always clutter ? ’ |
| 29 | Why do you always want outside , it should be in any case . |
| 30 | Why do you always make difficulties ? ’ |