Example sentences of "[vb infin] why the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only time will tell whether his revelations will include Why The Lamborghini Had To Go . |
| 2 | ‘ Do n't know why the machine stuck . |
| 3 | We may never know why the Board felt the original English version needed to be translated , but the much more important question remains . |
| 4 | I 'm not capable of these weeny deflections anyway , so I do n't know why the heck I 'm bothering . |
| 5 | No I do n't know why the default is n't 500 ( which would be exactly half a second ) either . |
| 6 | ‘ It is not true that we down-graded the level of security , I do n't know why the minister suggested that . |
| 7 | Having listened to the arguments of my Hon. Friends I do not know why the Minister has not leapt to his feet to say that he accepts the new clause . |
| 8 | I do not know why the Minister is making such heavy weather of this matter . |
| 9 | But unless she is analysed soon we may never know why the sea did not corrode her solid . |
| 10 | ‘ We do n't yet know why the vehicle ran off the road but about eleven people were injured . ’ |
| 11 | I do n't know why the inspector did n't use his gun . ’ |
| 12 | I do not know why the Leader of the House bothers with his Committees , given that he has apparently introduced a major constitutional innovation without any agreement from them . |
| 13 | I do not know why the amendment has been tabled . |
| 14 | Police said they did not know why the gun had gone off , but believed it might have been triggered by the wind . |
| 15 | ‘ Do you know why the madness came ? ’ |
| 16 | But Searle does not show why the computer would not do as well as the Westerner , in conditions where he or it can learn meanings . |
| 17 | It does not matter why the news reaches him so late . |
| 18 | In a faint and rasping voice , at times straining to make himself heard , Mr McTear told reporters that he could not understand why the Government had permitted cigarettes to be sold . |
| 19 | Team manager John Louis said last night , ‘ Miroslaw has all the status of a world star and I can not understand why the request was refused . |
| 20 | Or perhaps he could not understand why the boy , though pinned like the serpent in Saint Patrick 's cleft stick with no chance of escape , grew more and more cheerful each day . |
| 21 | He does n't understand why the temper tantrums happen , and there 's no way he can control them . |
| 22 | I did n't understand why the goal did n't stand . |
| 23 | But his thoughts were elsewhere , as he still could n't understand why the Academy would send anyone down to this class D planet . |
| 24 | One , stating that ‘ the great task imposed on us in the struggle against Bolshevism resides in the annihilation of eternal Jewry ’ , went on : ‘ Only when you see what the Jew has brought about here in Russia , can you really understand why the Führer began the struggle against Jewry . |
| 25 | Mr Kinnock said : ‘ You appear to be the only person left in the country who does not understand why the Chancellor resigned . |
| 26 | Merely by shutting his door if it was open , North would add to the intrigue of meetings : ‘ and when the meeting was over , I still could n't understand why the door was shut and what the intrigue was ’ said a visiting official , puzzled ; ‘ it was in my mind 's eye a social call . ’ |
| 27 | I could not understand why the door had been locked . |
| 28 | He would never understand why the man in the attic had not betrayed him . |
| 29 | He says he ca n't understand why the council should , on the one hand , put so much money into the college , and on the other hand virtualy sign it 's death warrant . |
| 30 | I do n't understand why the council should act like this . |