Example sentences of "and why [vb mod] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You could n't say these things about the man if it was n't true , and why would you bother anyway ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ And why would you expect them to be following ? |
| 3 | ‘ And why would you want to take me to this auction ? |
| 4 | And why would you want to ? ’ |
| 5 | And why would you have set out to humiliate me ? ’ |
| 6 | And why would you wish to become a maid once more when you have risen higher ? |
| 7 | ‘ And why would you deny that it 's true ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ And why would I do that when I find your terms unacceptable ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Sure , and why would I fall for you ? ’ she asked lightly , staring hard at the stars . |
| 10 | And why would anyone want to be that ? |
| 11 | And why would he make such a hideous puppet-thing ? |
| 12 | ‘ And why would he want to do that ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ And why would he promise her the job ? ’ |
| 14 | And why would she do such a think , how could she ? " |
| 15 | This recalls the auxiliary use of need in questions , and indeed ( 46 ) and ( 47 ) above are equivalent to Why need we bother ? and Why need you make so much fuss ? , with all four sentences implying " for no good reason " ( cf. de Cornulier 1978 : 130 ) . |
| 16 | ’ And why should we go to them ? ’ |
| 17 | And why should we expect to have detected leakages from the domestic radio and television transmissions of our hypothetical aliens when we have made no effort to do so ? |
| 18 | We would n't accept that and why should we accept this for this section ? |
| 19 | Now Councillor refers to whether the time was right , and why should we have to borrow . |
| 20 | These women he decries are simply weary with having to be constantly on guard against abuse , and why should they have to justify their position when the men are at fault ? |
| 21 | And why should one feel conspiratorial about indulging in one of life 's small pleasures ? ’ |
| 22 | And why should anyone bother to make a note of the car 's number ? |
| 23 | He said : ‘ Tell me , Miss Morgan , who attempted to kill you and why should anyone have done so ? ’ |
| 24 | And why should she care if he did n't ? |
| 25 | And why should she expect him to change a system which benefited men so greatly ? |
| 26 | And why should she make a production of it ? |
| 27 | Dear God , was this anticipation or apprehension , and why should she feel either ? |
| 28 | She did not know why she should feel such fear , because she felt for her mother not respect , but contempt : and why should she lack courage before someone whose attitudes were to her so transparently , pettily contemptible ? |
| 29 | Unless she died in the next few weeks — and why should she die ? — it could be the end of his life on the headland , the end of his organization , the end of all he had planned and hoped to do . |
| 30 | A Norwich wool comber protested to the employers in a dispute in 1752 : " We are social creatures and can not live without each other , and why should you des-troy community … ? " |