Example sentences of "[vb infin] why we " in BNC.

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1 I do n't know why we drink so much and come up smelling of roses .
2 I do n't know why we drink so much .
3 I do n't know why we drink .
4 I do n't know why we … the hell I do n't !
5 I do n't bloody know why we all tell you things .
6 I do n't know why we bother .
7 As we face the issues and questions which are before each of us now , do we know why we believe ?
8 ‘ I do n't know why we keep coming here , ’ says an older clown on the bus shuttling us to the big top , ‘ all it does is rain on us and blow us about . ’
9 ‘ I do n't know why we did n't notice , Mil , ’ said Maud , rallying to her friend 's side .
10 But I do n't know why we were n't alerted sooner . ’
11 But I do n't know why we were n't alerted sooner . ’
12 And by the way , I do n't know why we 're sitting crouched down here because we could stand up by the spruce there : its shadow is darker than the sky , and we could be more ready for them .
13 ‘ I do n't know why we were making the damn thing — everybody was acting like it was a pain in the ass .
14 For example , it said I had a daughter called Samantha ( which is not true ) , and it said that I had a Citroen car ( which I do n't — I drive a Renault ) and that I spent three years at the Royal College of Art painting ten-inch red stripes on a piece of canvas and then it quoted me and it said : ' ’ I do n't know why we did it , ’ says Terry .
15 Do n't know why we have to have partners .
16 Do n't know why we never realised it before but Sun Microsystems Inc chief executive officer , Scott McNealy is the company 's largest single shareholder with about 2.1m shares or 2.2% of the outstanding stock , making him worth about $60m .
17 Do n't know why we never realized it before but Sun chief executive officer , Scott McNealy is the firm 's largest single shareholder with about 2.1m shares or 2.2% of the outstanding stock .
18 I 'm sorry to say but I think that we 're talking about this education day at the beginning of October and I mean god knows we 've known this is coming for , it 's almost as if we 've got to the brink of , you know like lemmings just about to throw ourselves off the cliff and we do n't know why we 're going to do it .
19 I do n't know why we still call it the God slot .
20 ‘ Oh , anyway , ’ said my mother , ‘ I do n't know why we 're talking about it .
21 We think we know who we are , though we do n't quite know why we 're here , or how long we shall be forced to stay .
22 I do n't know why we needed a place that size .
23 I do n't know why we do n't throw them away ; perhaps we are charting our progress .
24 I do n't know why we 're standing here for all these fools to gape at .
25 I 'm glad , because now you 'll know why we 've taken you .
26 ‘ You really do n't know why we 've done it ? ’
27 ‘ Do you know why we destroyed Hasan the Second ? ’ said Hasan , in a conversational tone , as the two of them followed the headmaster and the rest of the school .
28 Sorry about that Simon I do n't know why we 're not working here .
29 Scumtona should have been sent off — and as for the UEFA pannel banning him for 3/4 games — I think the refs phrase should be , oh Eric we do n't know why we love you but we do .
30 But we should know why we are doing so and be clear about the reasons why .
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