Example sentences of "why [vb -s] [pers pn] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Other things to be observed would be the patient 's appearance , presence or absence of heat and sweat in different areas of the body , his behaviour and mood , what he wants in his surroundings and environment , does he want to be still or moving , if he moves why does he move , does he want fresh air or to be covered , or both , or neither , and so on ! |
| 2 | Pauline Kael was less than flattering : ‘ Why does he go through the picture with his mouth open , like some adenoidal chinless wonder ? |
| 3 | Harvey said very reasonably , ‘ Then why does he go around wearing that ankle-length overcoat with the astrakhan collar ? |
| 4 | ‘ If it 's such a nice little earner , why does he go round prying into other people 's mail ? ’ asked Werewolf . |
| 5 | ‘ Why does he blow out all that smoke ? ’ |
| 6 | Why does he blow so hot and cold , she thought , even within the space of a few hours ? |
| 7 | Why does he persist in being munificent to Mozart and bounteous to Beethoven , but a Scrooge to Hughes and a meanie to Heaney ? |
| 8 | And why does he sit in her house waiting for her ? |
| 9 | ‘ Why does he want to see me ? . |
| 10 | Why does he want to hurt me ? ’ |
| 11 | Why does he want it too ? ’ |
| 12 | Why does he want to marry a white woman ? |
| 13 | ‘ Why does he want to do that ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Two , why does he want to know them ? |
| 15 | If he is really concerned about unemployment , why does he want to cripple British industry by bringing back flying pickets , by encouraging mass pickets , by returning trade union immunities , with all the difficulties that we saw in the 1960s and 1970s ? |
| 16 | ‘ Why does he want to see me ? ’ |
| 17 | Why does he want to see me ? |
| 18 | Why does he want to share with us ? |
| 19 | No but , why did , why does he want his modulator ? |
| 20 | Why does he want it ? |
| 21 | Why is he there , why does he want to be there ? |
| 22 | Well why does he make them so busy ? |
| 23 | Why does he rest his nose on the microphone ? |
| 24 | why does he rest his knob on the microphone ? |
| 25 | So why does he do it ? |
| 26 | Why does he do this ? |
| 27 | Why does he do it ? |
| 28 | So why does he do it ? |
| 29 | So why does he talk about revolution you know on several occasions ? |
| 30 | Why does he talk to her ? |