Example sentences of "but why [verb] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But why does everything have to fade , drift away like the leaves , grow sober ? … |
| 2 | True , he is n't ; they are n't ; but why does it matter ? |
| 3 | I know but why does it do that ? |
| 4 | ‘ But why does it need the army ? ’ |
| 5 | Pompous people are very quick to lay blame on the social services when things go wrong , but why does it happen ? |
| 6 | Everyone knows that the zebra has bold black and white stripes , but why does it have them ? |
| 7 | Aye , the lepers and beggars must have somewhere to go , but why does it have to be on my front doorstep ? |
| 8 | ‘ Yes , but why does it have to be raised by means of a levy ? ’ |
| 9 | But why does it have to be that ? |
| 10 | That 's just , that 's just but why does it have to happen ? |
| 11 | But why does she keep looking towards the door ? |
| 12 | Once we adopt this view of teachers or of any other human being , our starting question is no longer why does he/she fail to do X , but why does he/she do Y ? |
| 13 | ‘ But why does anyone tell a lie ? |
| 14 | ‘ But why does he keep saying things like ‘ extraordinarily interesting ’ and ‘ indeed , indeed ’ ? |
| 15 | ‘ He is good-looking , ’ Anne whispered to Diana , ‘ but why does he smile at me ? |
| 16 | They are , in one sense , interpreting the question differently from the way we do ; but why do they do it ? |
| 17 | ‘ But why do they pretend to be brother and sister ? ’ |
| 18 | But why do they give you a treble boost ? |
| 19 | ‘ But why do they wear so few clothes ? |
| 20 | But why do they want them , I mean what are they gon na use it for ? |
| 21 | ‘ But why do they upset her ? ’ he asked . |
| 22 | But why do they see God like that ? |
| 23 | It is pretty certain that , in term of what adults mean by ‘ longer ’ the children do not really think that the pencil is longer ; but why do they say this ? |
| 24 | But why do we do that ? |
| 25 | But why do we do the experiment then ? |
| 26 | Which is fair enough , but why do we go with him ? |
| 27 | Okay , but why do we get the , the main thrust of erm , to the economic argument seems to be that we ought to be liberalizing , we ought to be facing that erm , that problem . |
| 28 | But WHY do we believe that ? |
| 29 | But why do we have two eyes and not just one ? |
| 30 | Mum , but why do we have to . |