Example sentences of "[verb] [not/n't] [vb infin] why [pers pn] come " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't know why they come here for in this weather it 's beautiful there |
| 2 | ‘ I do n't know why she came , ’ he asserted . |
| 3 | I do n't know why she comes round mine . |
| 4 | ‘ I do n't know why I came , ’ he snapped just before they left . |
| 5 | " I do n't know why I came , I ca n't possibly tell them , " she thought as she watched the tiny man , perched up high as he circled meticulously round about on his chosen futureless employment , shouting : " Wor'-oss , Wor'-oss " to the dogs that followed him , as faithfully as seagulls follow a plough , when he made one of his grand and speedy turns . |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't know why you came here , Nicolo . |
| 7 | ‘ You said your husband was working on a book but that does n't explain why you came to Dublin . ’ |