Example sentences of "why [modal v] [pron] [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why should one pay a bill that was out of all proportion to the goods received ? |
| 2 | Secondly the deliveries of the equipment from the equipment suppliers who had been selected er generally fell behind the promises which they had made , so the main reason for the technical delays has been lack of equipment of the correct standard to proceed with the integration programme erm the erm the problems which beset the programme in nineteen ninety two after the German minister started questioning its future clearly had a direct bearing on that because many of the equipment suppliers , particularly those in Germany , suddenly began to think hey this programme is not going anywhere , why should we invest a lot of effort and and money into it and they slowed down so that has had a knock on effect in in terms of delaying the total programme and erm the result of all of that has been that the current development programme schedule which we have supplied to the committee is probably about as fast as the programme is capable of running . |
| 3 | I mean there 's no reason because we have n't got men 's issues , because all issues are men 's issues , nobody expects a male Prime Minister to go for any particular issue , but why should we expect a woman Prime Minister to go particularly for certain issues ? |
| 4 | Why should they have a cut of it ? |
| 5 | Why should anyone mind a person working miracles ? |
| 6 | And why should she make a production of it ? |
| 7 | I mean , If she 'd covered her disappearance so well , why should she take a risk like that ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ But why should he do a deal with the kidnappers during that time ? ’ she asked . |
| 9 | It may well be that he considered that it was not the right thing for him to do , after all , he was a good Jew and why should he marry a Moabite . |
| 10 | Why should he make a defence ? |
| 11 | Why should he keep a thing like that to himself ? ’ |
| 12 | A : Now why should I do a thing like that ? |
| 13 | Why should I make a Will ? |
| 14 | ‘ Why should I want a divorce ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Why should I waste a penny a week ? |
| 16 | ‘ Why should I believe a word you say , Luke ? |
| 17 | One man 's excuse was : ‘ Why should I buy a licence ? |
| 18 | Why should you make a will ? |
| 19 | ‘ Why should you have a fellow-feeling for her ? ’ |
| 20 | Asked if she wast sure Mr Onanuga was telling the truth , she replied : ‘ Why would he tell a lie ? |
| 21 | ‘ Fear that you might leave Czechoslovakia without first returning to your hotel , ’ he replied , then grinned wryly as he added , ‘ For the first time in my life I find that I ca n't think logically — for why would you take a train to Mariánské Láznë to leave Czechoslovakia , when you could more easily take a plane from Prague ? |
| 22 | ‘ Why would I do a thing like that ? ’ she asked . |
| 23 | Why would I want a wife ? ’ |
| 24 | This is a blatantly implausible claim , of course : why would I look a word up in the dictionary to see how I use it ? |
| 25 | Why would anybody want a wife ? |