Example sentences of "why [verb] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why make me pay for what Eddie did ? ’ |
| 2 | I pointed out that most sentences in the Bible began with And , but I was told that English had changed since the time of King James , In that case , I argued , why make us read the Bible ? |
| 3 | Why doth thine anger smoke against the sheep of thy pasture ? |
| 4 | Why has everything got to be so squeaky dean as soon as the meal is finished ? ’ |
| 5 | Why has everyone forgotten we were 4th the year before ( above scum ) , and the year before that won the 2nd division ? |
| 6 | ‘ Why has nobody come to take care of me ? ’ |
| 7 | Why has she turned down David Pickering ? |
| 8 | ‘ Then why has she gone away ? |
| 9 | Why has she gone away ? |
| 10 | Why has she gone , Mammy ? |
| 11 | ‘ Why has she come to confess now ? ’ |
| 12 | Why has she come here for goodness sake Ar Art barked mentally choosing mushed up mushroom omelette and a roll of butter . |
| 13 | Why has she done this to us ? |
| 14 | We sometimes ask about a person : ‘ Why has she chosen that course of action ? |
| 15 | I mean really and truly mum with all these shops that are about , why has she got ta go in that one ? |
| 16 | Why has she got ta do it ? |
| 17 | ‘ And why has she come to Willi 's party in that dreadful suit ? |
| 18 | Why has he sent Duncan 's eldest son north , after he has been kept at court all these years ? |
| 19 | No , and I did n't do that until I read someone Niall 's and he had repeated flowers and I thought why has he repeated flowers and realised that in fact that it is necessary . |
| 20 | " Why has he come back with you ? " |
| 21 | All right , the fellow has his troubles , Joe thought , but why has he involved Maureen in them ? |
| 22 | Why has he done it now ? |
| 23 | Why has he thrown up that promising career in politics to become a vicar ? ’ |
| 24 | If the right hon. and learned Gentleman supports the TECs so much , why has he started them off with a significant cut in funding ? |
| 25 | Why has He allowed you here ? |
| 26 | That 's more like it , but why has he bypassed the usual channels ? ’ |
| 27 | Why has he upset me so ? she asked herself . |
| 28 | That 's all right , I 'm just why has he got an American flag wrapped around his head ? |
| 29 | Why has he got a D T ? |
| 30 | Oh there we are , look , he 's dropped it now why has he dropped the look at that ! |