Example sentences of "[noun sg] why do [pers pn] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Just sugar and eggs in there , and the card why did you come back for ? |
| 2 | she was made of snow why do you think |
| 3 | When you 're putting yo together your menu why do you need to consider the staff ? |
| 4 | We would only need to witness a marked increase in trade and there will certainly be an increase in demand why do you think trade has increased ? and trade is n't a necessary condition it 's just that trade has tended to grow at the same time as erm as demand is growing . |
| 5 | Uncle has uncle why do you put five Ps in here ? |
| 6 | Nan why do they make him wear the trousers like ? |
| 7 | Why why does it have cos you think of Wales as the land of song why does it happen that if you go to Ireland you have got to sing ? |
| 8 | I mean you can organize every kind of thing why does it have to involve us ? |
| 9 | Oh bloody hell why do they have to put such long words in them ? |
| 10 | Gary was like Barry , like Barry Self : a lantern-jawed know-nothing , an unreflecting hedonist , a mastermould of brute conceit who none the less exploits a small but tenacious legacy of charm and luck Why do I bother with my father ? |
| 11 | Just on a technicality why do we need the two like this ? |
| 12 | Why do we why do we use visual aids like the overhead projector and the flip chart why do we use the things at all ? |
| 13 | mum why did they take it to pieces ? |
| 14 | Mum why did you bring some more clothes ? |
| 15 | Mum why did you say go away ? |
| 16 | Mum why did I bump into a chair ? |
| 17 | Lance , Lance , Lance , Lance why do you wear yours ? |
| 18 | erm Sam Sodding , and it used to , but I used to say to mother why did they call him Sam Sodding ? |
| 19 | On that view why did he stress that both the label-switching and the removal from the shelves had to take place ? |
| 20 | But why , you 'd just forced the door open prior to arrest why do you wait until you got to the bedroom , indeed got the bedroom door open before shouting armed police . |