Example sentences of "so [Wh adv] [vb mod] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ So why would n't my mother sell ? ’ |
| 2 | So why would n't he marry her ? |
| 3 | So why ca n't they do it now ? ’ . that there are close to 200,000 victims of brain injury in the country . |
| 4 | ‘ So why ca n't they do it now ? ’ |
| 5 | Learning to understand how your dog 's mind works makes things much easier , so why ca n't we welcome someone — like a home visitor — prepared to explain the quickest way to do this ? |
| 6 | CHILDREN are allowed to divorce their parents , so why ca n't the public divorce bad politicians ? |
| 7 | POSTERS advertising cigarettes are now forced to carry Government health warnings , so why ca n't this good sense extend to adverts for alcoholic drinks ? |
| 8 | A student spokesman says : ‘ Women show off their bras , so why ca n't men do the same with THEIR underwear ? ’ |
| 9 | So why ca n't our Royals do the same ? |
| 10 | THE CRANBERRIES precede the New Year release of their ‘ Everybody Else Is Doing It So Why Ca n't We ’ LP with shows at The Royal Albert Hall supporting The House Of Love on November 20 , and alongside Drop Nineteens at Reading |
| 11 | ‘ This is a stage of independence when parents are faced with the ‘ my friends can stay out late/go to the disco/wear those clothes , so why ca n't I ? ’ arguments , ’ says psychologist Pat Petrie , author of The Adolescent Years* . |
| 12 | " The Eurasian women are managing all right so why ca n't Miss Hughes ? " |
| 13 | We 're meant to be two mature , civilised adults , so why ca n't we behave like it ? ’ |
| 14 | currant bun so why ca n't you eat an electric current ? ’ |
| 15 | Yet there 's nothing sordid to it , so why ca n't they just accept that Rosemary made a terrible mistake and married a rotter . |
| 16 | Asda sells hi-fis , TVs , videos , alarm clocks and other electrical goods , so why ca n't Sainsbury 's ? ’ |
| 17 | So why ca n't I have the money ? |
| 18 | So why ca n't you take the part Is it all a sealed unit that you ca n't get the pump apart ? |
| 19 | I can do the job , so why wo n't they give it to me ? ’ |
| 20 | She always tells me when she 's wet her pants , and understands everything that 's said to her , so why wo n't she cooperate on this ? |
| 21 | I 'm right , I know I 'm right , so why wo n't she admit it ? |
| 22 | Science had guided the USA in ‘ conquering ’ nature ; so why could not scientific method help it control international society ? |
| 23 | on a coloured-in mat , so why could n't you ? |
| 24 | So why could n't she tell them ? |
| 25 | She 'd deliberately tried to antagonise him , and as usual she 'd succeeded , so why could n't she feel any pleasure in it ? |
| 26 | So why could n't he just have a photograph of his sales team portraying the kind of team spirit that runs throughout the branch ? |
| 27 | So why could n't she erase from her memory the image of fitzAlan , tall and strong and golden in the firelight ? |
| 28 | So why could n't he have got it right last night ? |
| 29 | ‘ So why could n't this tale of yours have kept until morning ? ’ |
| 30 | I always knew I was adopted , so why could n't I have had the whole truth ? |