Example sentences of "[adv] why [pers pn] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Perks come from the third planet of a G class system in the region of Betelgeuse , where they live in warrens , underground , which is perhaps why they took so readily to the tunnels of Plenty . |
| 2 | I asked him once why I 'd never seen him mentioned in any of the endless stuff about his movement , and he said he thought some of them had to stay anonymous . |
| 3 | ‘ Alleluia ! ’ said Francis , and sparkled like a tinsel waterfall , got Jay laughing and wondering recklessly why she 'd ever bothered with the bloody woman . |
| 4 | And er that was quite a few years ago , about the conditions and on tea estates , and er er that was partly why we switched mostly to Kenyan tea I think after that . |
| 5 | Also Why he has now left Argentina . |
| 6 | Probably why I get so screwed up . ’ |
| 7 | She understood now why she had always felt extra-special and why her mother had been so strict with her and taught her things about life and men and getting babies . |
| 8 | She knew now why she had always disliked him . |
| 9 | ‘ People have probably begun to wonder by now why I spend so much time in the club , ’ he said evenly . |
| 10 | ‘ You know very well why you came here , ’ said Tobermory immediately . |
| 11 | I was first taken to see these ‘ houses ’ by my father when I was nine ; I have often wondered since then why they had never become a tourist attraction . |