Example sentences of "[vb infin] why [pers pn] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't know why they never have Easter |
| 2 | I do n't know why we still call it the God slot . |
| 3 | Do n't know why we never realised it before but Sun Microsystems Inc chief executive officer , Scott McNealy is the company 's largest single shareholder with about 2.1m shares or 2.2% of the outstanding stock , making him worth about $60m . |
| 4 | Do n't know why we never realized it before but Sun chief executive officer , Scott McNealy is the firm 's largest single shareholder with about 2.1m shares or 2.2% of the outstanding stock . |
| 5 | ‘ I do not know why I even trust you , but I have no men trained to use their hearts in the way you are able to as a gift of Ptah . |
| 6 | He was spotty , too — oh dear , that was n't his fault , I do n't know why I even mentioned it . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I do n't know why I ever agreed to have this car . |
| 8 | ‘ Marlene , I do n't know why I ever wanted to marry you … ’ |
| 9 | I do n't really know why I always went unless it was to remind myself that I too had once come from some other world than the one in which I lived . |
| 10 | I will never understand why I went to Cookham on my first sentence — I got a YP [ young prisoner 's sentence ] and do n't know why I never went to borstal — they still had them then . |
| 11 | Do you know why I never took any of those women home , Jessamy ? |
| 12 | I do n't know why I never drove at home . |
| 13 | Well I do n't understand what it is do n't know why you really needed it ! |
| 14 | I do n't know why you never learned yourself to write your precious words . |
| 15 | I do n't know why you always have so many procedures remain in does it ? |
| 16 | Oh I do n't know why he just does n't turn the boat so the current was too much for the |
| 17 | He did not know why he suddenly felt this way ; he was not angry with himself , or with us , and he was not crying . |
| 18 | Now that I know that George was not his father I can better understand why they always clashed . |
| 19 | Juliet could n't understand why she suddenly felt suspicious of Sara Calvert . |
| 20 | Juliet could n't understand why she suddenly felt bereft . |
| 21 | ‘ I could n't understand why you never showed yourself when you were interrogating me . |
| 22 | ‘ I ca n't understand why you always seem to be in such a tearing hurry ; why do n't you just relax for five minutes and sit down ? ’ |
| 23 | I do n't understand why I always got to move . |
| 24 | Oh I do n't see why you just sleep out in the garden or something |
| 25 | Maybe next year , we 'll wonder why we ever liked it , but today it 's one of the queerest and most exciting things in pop . |
| 26 | AND , ALTHOUGH I 'M FLATTERED THAT THE SUN IS TIPPING ME TO REPLACE CHRIS PATTEN AT CONSERVATIVE CENTRAL OFFICE , I MUST N'T FORGET WHY I ORIGINALLY DECIDED TO BACK THE TORIES IN THIS ELECTION … |
| 27 | It is of course possible that he was wrong in his initial assumption — which would explain why he never expanded his ‘ proof ’ in his notes — but we have to remember that the man was a mathematical genius . |
| 28 | ‘ Ca n't think why we ever got rid of the old bat . |
| 29 | no I ju , I du n no why I just think she 'll have a lad |
| 30 | Sometimes , he really wanted to abandon her , yet looking at her now he could not imagine why he ever felt that way . |