Example sentences of "[adj] [was/were] why [art] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And this was why the company pulled out of the , it says out of the north , are they still in existence or were they in |
| 2 | A spokeswoman said this was why the event had been scrapped . |
| 3 | This was why the house had turned its back on her approaches , showing her no return , no promise of refuge when she had come , hungry for its comfort , its assurance of the future . |
| 4 | More puzzling was why the Justice Police had not been informed . |
| 5 | That was why a lot of of the old men used to get farmer 's lung then , feeding this stuff in the Winter . |
| 6 | Perhaps that was why every cell of her normally controlled body seemed to be on red alert in Rune Christensen 's presence . |
| 7 | He thought that was why the plague had come . |
| 8 | Presumably that was why the kitchen door been left open — to get enough light from the kitchen . |
| 9 | That was why the Congress of People 's Deputies was being recommended to give priority to the government 's report on the economy . |
| 10 | So that was why the police-sergeant had been so pleased ! |
| 11 | That was why the lad was different from the other vagabonds . |
| 12 | Mr Paisley , the politics of Northern Ireland never far from his mind , joked : ‘ Her Majesty mentioned the rain ; I said that was why the grass was so green I could n't get the word orange in . ’ |
| 13 | That was why the party 's polices had been reviewed . |
| 14 | That was why the Liaison Office , looking to make some gesture of welcome had invited Maxim . |
| 15 | That was why the Postman had so many dogs following him ! |
| 16 | That was why the launderette was so evidently a good investment . |