Example sentences of "[adv] why [pers pn] do " in BNC.

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1 So why they did it Well why they did it is clear er to make slightly bigger hall , but why they took the risk they did is not so clear .
2 I do n't know why it does n't crop up because it 's cheaper than an ordinary one , so why it does n't
3 I want to know why they did it and especially why they did what they did with the head …
4 That is perhaps why I did n't hear the name of a tall , dark-haired handsome girl whom I had n't met before .
5 Yeah basically why I did n't , I was n't going to consume all that Guinness either .
6 Of course , it is not always easy to pinpoint exactly why we do or do not engage in a particular action .
7 Having sparked a cheat mystery by confiscating the match-ball , the ICC-appointed match referee Deryck Murray refused to explain exactly why he did it .
8 " I knew exactly why you did n't come and I thought you knew why I did n't come to you .
9 Underlying Plekhanov 's argument is the central idea that , in order to explain a social phenomenon , one must understand not just why it did ( or does ) in fact occur , but why it would have happened even in the absence of the particular beliefs and actions that caused it .
10 It will make sure that everyone not only tells our customers what we do for them but also why we do it .
11 That 's also why I did n't have it made ! ’ she added comically .
12 And that was also why I did n't leave you a note explaining what we were up to as Jeff told me to .
13 At the end , Slim is the only one who understands how difficult it is for George to take the action that he did , and also why he did it .
14 That 's their decision and I think that 's probably why you do n't see as many women higher up in the company ’ .
15 Will she , that 's probably why she did n't want to have the .
16 ‘ I know now why you did what you did in the hall , ’ Murtach said .
17 Is that really why you did n't come and chat ? ’
18 I do n't know really why I did .
19 She wondered a little resentfully why he did not ask her to go , though she would have been scared if he actually had done so ; she lacked a North American youngster 's experience with the opposite sex .
20 Well why they do n't lock it !
21 So why they did it Well why they did it is clear er to make slightly bigger hall , but why they took the risk they did is not so clear .
22 well why she doing it ?
23 well why I do a saucepan every day
24 ‘ That is precisely why I did n't want you to come to the hospital .
25 ‘ But that 's precisely why I did n't introduce you to Louis , ’ Nathan reminded her smoothly .
26 Quite why she did n't like it , she was n't sure , but then , she was n't sure of anything very much where Leo was concerned .
27 On the other hand , there might be a different reason altogether why you did n't get any offers , or why you did n't get the exam grades you hoped for .
28 I mean , it 's unbelievable , you know th er , he 's done so many breweries and yet why they do n't talk to wo well I mean they must talk to one another .
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