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Example sentences of "why [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	Is not that why everyone has good reason to know that Tory Governments mean higher VAT ?
2	Looking back , one can only wonder why no-one suggested easier ways of working , great economies could have been made if a time and motion expert had been employed .
3	They are , that 's why I got that offer for three big ones .
4	See , and I 've helped Kenny out and a few the lads before and like we always finish it that 's why I come this cellar Barry .
5	Erm and this is the reason why I brought this tape recorder , and I was saying to Bernard a moment ago , one of the most embarrassing things that can happen erm when talking to a group like this is when you pressed a button er whether it 's a , a tape recorder a video machine or whatever , you pressed a button full of confidence in all the latest technology and there 's an embarrassing silence .
6	It 's like when you piss and it 's really bad , it 's really bad and then you get to the toilet and it 's that 's why I like that bit in , have you seen A League of Their Own ?
7	But that 's that 's exactly why I ask that question if you 're confident .
8	‘ The album is just like one leaf on the tree , and that 's why I waited two years to do the next one , because I wanted to be sure that my playing had something new to offer .
9	It would er but as I 've already said the bed looked made er totally un-slept in it looked as though it had just been made up from new and un-slept in which is why I took that course of action .
10	That 's why I stay other places .
11	I 'm , I 'm , if there any question over it , the reason why I said ten days I 'm already sitting in London for , until the end of next week and therefore if there were any question , it 's obvious that it came before me , and that
12	After all those years it was at last made clear to me why I had this fear .
13	that 's why I locked that door cos I do n't know
14	He said he could understand my hatred of war , and why I rejected all involvement in war and the governments that perpetrated it .
15	The health boards in Scotland are very close to the hospitals , which is why I set considerable store by the approval that had been granted to the applications by the Grampian health board in the case of Foresterhill and by the Ayrshire and Arran health board in the case of South Ayrshire .
16	I 'm afraid that 's why I get paranoid Christine and say
17	‘ T was why I fainted that day .
18	I have already indicated why I consider these rates not to be appropriate at this stage .
19	That 's why I call this song ‘ The Sad Skinhead ’ . ’
20	I do n't why I pay other people !
21	Well in our district , why I suppose other folk had different ways but I just speak about our lot , aha .
22	I am not about to confess to Rosenbloom how and why I missed that part of the story .
23	‘ I guess you 're all wondering why I called this meeting , ’ he says .
24	To think about this , we now have to relax one of the restrictions that I built into the computer game : we shall end by seeing why I built that restriction in in the first place .
25	That 's why I built this house here thirty years ago .
26	That is one of the reasons why I think that man is in much better shape than I think philosophy 's in .
27	Which is why I think naturalistic plays with domestic situations need very careful handling .
28	This is why I think this sort of folder worth its weight in gold put the C C Q in there and it does n't become a barrier if you have it like that .
29	And that is why I think this sort of discussion , this sort of involvement of a wide range of people can create an excellent school and I think that it is the input of the wisdom and the care that we 're seeking .
30	That 's why I see Irish society now as healthily fragmented , as no longer cohesive , and certainly no longer bound by one definition of republicanism .