Example sentences of "why we do " in BNC.

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1 Yeah , but that 's why we done it though were n't it ?
2 The entrepreneurial Elizabeth Taylor ( no relation ) read an article about organic markets in France , les Marches Biologiques , and wondered why we did n't have any here .
3 I am still puzzled , to this day , as to why we did n't simply demand a refund and leave ; probably because we had all been looking forward to getting away so much that we were prepared to tolerate anything .
4 ‘ There were no words or logical words or logical argument about why we did it , ’ says Solowka .
5 ‘ I do n't know why we did n't notice , Mil , ’ said Maud , rallying to her friend 's side .
6 Chapman did not score over the three games and that was probably the biggest single practical reason — among many — why we did so well .
7 ‘ That 's why we did not get tied up to a long deal before .
8 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 .
9 And 40 years ago you — or rather your semi-erect ancestors — were asking us why we did n't just change our name to New Accordion Express .
10 ‘ But that 's why we did three new songs on the other side .
11 ‘ I ca n't think why we did n't hold the ball outside , ’ said Ayling coming in with newspapers under his arm .
12 Directly into a drain , so we never s that 's why we did n't see it , because the water was actually pouring down a drain , so of course we did n't see the water lolling up the waterlogged ground , otherwise we 'd have spotted it earlier .
13 ‘ Nobody ever asks him to anything , that 's why we did , for a joke .
14 We will be asked why we did not see the importance of the emerging European bloc on our doorstep .
15 They will want to know why we did not appreciate the inconvenience and stupidity of having to change currency constantly as one moved from country to country in the Community .
16 Given the history of European developments in the past 20 years , those people will also want to know why we did not learn from Britain 's earlier mistake .
17 They will want to know why we did not join the Community at its inception and fashion the very fabric of it to our advantage .
18 Unfortunately , all the Government have done is to ask why we did not support the purchase of council houses or the provisions for grant-maintained schools .
19 I thought that it was very polite that we should go there in the evening and assess for ourselves exactly the harm th the possible harm that it could do to their gardens at the back and and that 's why we did that .
20 Mr Chairman , it 's just , just the sort of reason why we did n't su did n't support spending eight thousand pounds on , on some low pay unit , this is just the sort of thing that we feel that , that Committee 's money should be spent on .
21 Now Vinnie will realise why we did not sit down in the pub .
22 I wondered why we did n't do a bit more for them .
23 Well that 's , that 's well that 's all I can recollect in relation to why we did it the way we did .
24 The last words of his opening contribution say : I feel sure that the time will come when people will ask why we did n't do more in this day and age to preserve those wise traditions that form mankind 's lifeline with the profoundly mysterious laws of the universe .
25 ‘ Because that team is almost all new , we were very wary of rushing in and making inappropriate changes , which is why we did nothing permanent with the marketing of the 1992 Festival which was Brian McMaster 's first .
26 why we did n't hear , what was thirteen .
27 about erm why we did n't use bilingual staff for one of the particular dates .
28 That 's the only reason why we did it .
29 That is why we did n't , we would of liked to have had it but the cost to put the mains gas in was going to be so enormous
30 That 's why we did it .
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