Example sentences of "[be] why [pers pn] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That must be why they grow so tall so quickly and such a peculiar shade of green . |
| 2 | All Boy could think of to explain this was that the man was older than he was , and that he actually had a husband in a sort of way , and not just for one night or a few nights , and so that had to be why he felt differently about the films he watched . |
| 3 | ‘ That could be why he went home that day feeling groggy . |
| 4 | It is always pleasant at our large gatherings for the Society to present a unified image which is why we ask particularly for all those taking part in the open classes to wear ALL MEDAU BLUE OR ALL NAVY BLUE . |
| 5 | This is why we know so little about Robert Simms , though most contemporaries thought him too moral a man to have acted dishonourably . |
| 6 | Having said that I mean I think there there has been obviously some concern about some security measures , other than terrorist or so called terrorist threats in relation to staff personal security in the building which is why we 've actually moved towards more one stop per section area so there are limits to where the public are actually free to move around the building . |
| 7 | Which is why we 've recently abolished some charges altogether and simplified others . |
| 8 | That is why we put forward our amendment and hope against all hope that Labour may see the light and vote with us on our amendment . |
| 9 | At any rate you can not stand apart , I can not but do otherwise and that is why we belong together , d'ye see ? |
| 10 | That is right and that is why we oppose so many elements in the social charter . |
| 11 | That is why we have consistently adopted a pro-European stance . |
| 12 | That is why we have all been doing it , von Weizsacker , Theo Kordt in London , his brother Erich in Berlin , Canaris , Carl Burckhardt , Dahlerus , Wenner-Gren . |
| 13 | Quantum leaps from working class to the chair of a board of directors of a multinational corporation are rare , which is why they attract so much attention when they occur . |
| 14 | We agree with MacGowan and Reeves that the half life may be inaccurate if it is calculated from only two values ; but perhaps that is why they have never seen a patient with normal renal function in whom the half life is as long as 7.6 hours , since in clinical practice two measurements are all one has to go on . |
| 15 | The scattered crowd drew closer together and listened quietly , but when he gave his warning about the Riot Act , glances were exchanged , a few grinned openly , and a wit called out , ‘ They must know the law here — that is why they have all stayed at home . ’ |
| 16 | That is why she spends so much time in her room . |
| 17 | That is why she elicits so much sympathy . |
| 18 | She needed a favour from me , which is why she came tonight . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Which is why she came home . |
| 20 | This is why she places so much importance on the child 's appreciation of the adult 's motives and intentions in experimental tasks . |
| 21 | That was the problem facing the author of this utility , which is why he wrote this little program that lets you type in the error code , the description is then printed to screen . |
| 22 | That is why he spent as much time as he possibly could outside the ring , talking about anything but the council tax . |
| 23 | He is a teacher , I thought : that is why he talks so well . |
| 24 | That is why he manoeuvred frantically , and brilliantly , to fend off the challenge to his party leadership last month . |
| 25 | ‘ The sea is why you slept so well . ’ |
| 26 | Perhaps this is why it sleeps twice as long as we do , making up in length of slumber what it lacks in depth . |
| 27 | It 's quite rare , which is why it made so much publicity . |
| 28 | That is why it needs quickly to be made clear just how high the cost of a crackdown might be . |
| 29 | This is why it seems sociologically useful to distinguish between main and marginal cults . |
| 30 | ( That is why it seems more reasonable to say ‘ I went to work in my pyjamas ’ than ‘ I went to work in my clothes ’ . ) |