Example sentences of "why they do " in BNC.
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| 1 | What about a feature on ‘ Where are they now ’ with comments on why they did not continue on the circuit . |
| 2 | So they gave excuses of shortage of time or involvement in other activities to explain why they did not register for the rural party cell . |
| 3 | Maybe they simply see the ark as a visible guarantee of God 's presence and of victory , but that understanding of it is no better , for then they turn it into an idol , ascribe to it magical powers , and leave us asking why they did not take it into battle in the first place . |
| 4 | Did n't happen any town that I knew of except London and I can understand why they did it in London — very expensive place for a young detective to make a shape — cost too much money keeping in front of your job there . |
| 5 | I do n't know why they did n't . |
| 6 | ‘ We 're looking for things people remember for certain , ’ Miller says , ‘ and they often do n't recall why they did them . ’ |
| 7 | He must 've thought they were going to kill him , but that was why they did n't have to . |
| 8 | A lot of players would simply set-up and hit the ball directly at the flag , and them wonder why they did n't get the ball close . |
| 9 | No reasons were given as to the lack of information the social workers had gathered about the children ; why they did n't know about one child 's asthma , another 's forthcoming dental treatment , or that Jewish children might have special dietary requirements . |
| 10 | Sheila Kitzinger , anthropologist and authority on methods of natural childbirth , found on a field trip to the Caribbean that if she questioned women too strongly about the reasons why they did this or that with their babies , their easy confidence would suddenly start to crumble . |
| 11 | Sometimes Harriet wondered why they did not suggest that Liza brought the baby to see them , but then she thought of Lilian and knew the answer . |
| 12 | While Mr Kawawa gave many reasons why they should take over the newspaper , he gave no reasons why they did not . |
| 13 | But police are still baffled why they did n't get out sooner . |
| 14 | ‘ But what I ca n't understand is why they did n't just take our project in the first place . |
| 15 | ‘ I do n't know why they did it and no , do n't even think it , I was n't raped . |
| 16 | Mrs Whitehouse , in her account of the campaign , argued that the real reason why they did not wish to become involved was because of the topic of the poem — homosexuality — rather than its blasphemy . |
| 17 | Grantham Hospital chiefs were last night being asked why they did not notice symptoms of the syndrome in Allitt before she started on the children 's ward . |
| 18 | Well then , let's show how and why they did . |
| 19 | He had nagged her about why they did not go to live at the School , instead of letting all those other people live there , and at last she told him why . |
| 20 | and wondered why they did n't open . |
| 21 | She wondered why they did n't all run together in the middle . |
| 22 | The parents did n't have any sympathy for people that joyrided , and they could n't understand why they did it . |
| 23 | That 's why they did n't interfere when he … hurt himself . ’ |
| 24 | I do n't know why they did it . |
| 25 | So he had to stand there , in the office of the Roadworking Operatives Supervisor in the Islington Council Seven Sisters Road Highways Department Depot , sweating like a pig and wondering why they did n't just get on with it and sack him as he listened to Mr Smith and his eyes hurt and he could smell his own body-odour again . |
| 26 | I want to know why they did it and especially why they did what they did with the head … |
| 27 | I want to know why they did it and especially why they did what they did with the head … |
| 28 | They should never have let him into the RAF — ca n't think why they did n't spot it . |
| 29 | I wondered why they did n't pause to stretch or joke . |
| 30 | Nobody quite knows who decided all these things were dangerous and evil , or why they did so . |