Example sentences of "why [vb base] [pron] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why d' ya want to why d' ya |
| 2 | So why d' ya come to school okay ? |
| 3 | Why d' you go to that blasted ship ? |
| 4 | Why do we cling to unhappiness and misfortune ? |
| 5 | Why do we do to them what we do ? |
| 6 | You know why do we go to this trouble ? |
| 7 | Which is fair enough , but why do we go with him ? |
| 8 | Why do we persist in trying to know everything there is to know in the belief that one day , presumably quite soon , we will succeed ? |
| 9 | You 'd do it if you were on a bank executive and you said well only five percent of people ask for independent advice , why do we bother with all that lot ? |
| 10 | If he can be put in his place by anyone , young or old , male or female , why do we come across him everywhere ? |
| 11 | So why do we lie to this extent ? |
| 12 | Why do we need to be reminded about the eradication of time all the time ? |
| 13 | But the question remains , why do we fall in love with one person rather than another when many potential partners are available ? |
| 14 | Why do we listen to her ? |
| 15 | If so , why do we opt for Mendel 's ? |
| 16 | Why do we account for 41 per cent . |
| 17 | Why do we live in this hubbub ? |
| 18 | Why do we have to be so humiliated by officialdom ? |
| 19 | Mum , but why do we have to . |
| 20 | ‘ But why do they pretend to be brother and sister ? ’ |
| 21 | Well why do they sit on their foot for ? |
| 22 | eh brutal , er brute , er so many er only got a little bit more , eh sort of like you 've got er , I du n no , accent or something or add to it a few words , a few letters I mean , er a more I , a different accent you go to Manchester they said er different accent you go and so different one and to me from the beginning , not now , but from the beginning I was fascinate , I says why do they finish in Italian er ways , or add , you switch and them coins , erm , it still says |
| 23 | Why do they go on the way they do , making a huge fuss about little things and then ignoring what ought to be much more important ? |
| 24 | And why do they sing in the way they do ? |
| 25 | ‘ Yeah , why do they have to be here ? |
| 26 | ‘ Why do they smile like that ? ’ |
| 27 | And why do they look for an ALTERNATIVE interpretation |
| 28 | Why do they wan na know how teenagers are like ? |
| 29 | Why do they dig into you there ? |
| 30 | She looked , however , as if she was fairly determined to give her views on the matter , but before she could start on the Why do they come over here if they do n't like it ? speech or her I believe in respecting people 's religious feelings but would die to defend their right to disagree with me speech , Maisie came round the door . |