Example sentences of "[pers pn] why we [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I shall tell you why we left France . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ I am going to explain to you why we went to war . |
| 3 | If , if they 'd have if they 'd have talked to Andrew first , Andrew would have told him why we 'd sent it . |
| 4 | We told him why we had come . |
| 5 | He 'ad a knife and said he 'd do me in if I did n't tell him why we steamed the letter open . |
| 6 | Then she asked me why we treated social services staff differently from everyone else . |
| 7 | 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 . |