Example sentences of "why [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And that was why everyone had been lying . |
| 2 | ‘ I wonder why everyone does n't see that , ’ she remarked . |
| 3 | The Doctor nodded to himself as one piece of the puzzle clicked into place , explaining why everyone thought he was looking for a missing British Consul , obviously this man . |
| 4 | Is not that why everyone has good reason to know that Tory Governments mean higher VAT ? |
| 5 | that 's because , you know , I 'm better than everyone else so that 's why everyone has to see wha everyone , everyone has to hear what I 'm saying |
| 6 | That is why everyone comes back to Hochhauser . ’ |
| 7 | That 's why everyone wants to be The Waterboys and nobody wants to be The Virgin Prunes . |
| 8 | ‘ Which still does n't explain why nothing matches . ’ |
| 9 | After the initial dismay he began to wonder why nothing had been devised to protect switches . |
| 10 | The result , apparently , was a dramatic increase in sales , and no doubt a hidden bonus of contented customers who could actually understand in autumn why nothing had happened to ‘ those blasted seeds ’ they had planted in the spring . |
| 11 | Crabbe asks rhetorically why no-one raised a hand to help Grimes 's workhouse slaves , but comments that all they ever said on hearing of the children 's misery was — Grimes is at his exercise " . |
| 12 | Now he knew why no-one knew him + it was all his own fault . |
| 13 | Looking back , one can only wonder why no-one suggested easier ways of working , great economies could have been made if a time and motion expert had been employed . |
| 14 | That is why I sent for you , to be truthful . |
| 15 | Leith was still gasping at that when he added , ‘ To get to the reason why I sent for you — ’ |
| 16 | I rang , I rang , I went to the dole office , when I went down I ask them as soon as I left Ann said the same , go down the dole when you ask about your poll tax , they said to me we ca n't give you any id , er anything , you have to phone them , council building site , I phone the council building and they asked me , that 's why I sent all your wage slips in for |
| 17 | One of the reasons why I pressed the Minister to give an assurance about the link between Stratford and King 's Cross is that it is feared that money will not be available to build the link . |
| 18 | That was probably why I married her . |
| 19 | If I tell you that was one of the main reasons why I married John … |
| 20 | ‘ Yes , that 's why I married you . |
| 21 | Perhaps you wonder why I married him then ? |
| 22 | We all have the right to change our mind … and that 's why I hate committing myself in print about these personal things . |
| 23 | And then we 'll discuss why I hate him , which invariably is because I feel threatened . |
| 24 | Let me tell you why I hate critics . |
| 25 | Now do you understand why I hate critics ? |
| 26 | LYNN FAULDS WOOD RACHEL Why I hate my stomach and love eating out with Craig SLIMMING I lost 5½ stone in a year … |
| 27 | WHY I HATE MY STOMACH AND LOVE EATING OUT WITH CRAIG ! by Rachel Friend |
| 28 | This is why I hate getting involved with women . |
| 29 | I do n't know why I hate it I just hate it okay . |
| 30 | ‘ You 're wondering why I 've woken you up . |