Example sentences of "why [pers pn] [verb] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is one reason why I 've just started to learn the piano . |
| 2 | I do n't know why I 've not noticed it before . |
| 3 | This is it , I 've tried , this is why I 've not talked to somebody else about it , because nobody else is listening . |
| 4 | I know there 's not , maybe that 's why I 've Where did you get that lemonade up the stairs Raymond ? |
| 5 | That 's why I 've never married . |
| 6 | ‘ I naturally believe that the financial profits of the drug-suppliers are offensive , ’ Ellen said , ‘ which is why I 've only used cocaine on a handful of occasions . |
| 7 | Why I kept almost forgetting . |
| 8 | Yes , well I think that 's why you that 's why I keep on trying to come back to the regulatory system , because what you really in fundamental form a pension is a contract between an employer and an individual , you know you pay me so much money and when you get to a certain age I will pay you . |
| 9 | Mind , God knows why I keep on recording the children for posterity , the way they are now . |
| 10 | You know quite well that 's why I came back to see you . ’ |
| 11 | And why I went there to buy them , was because it was the same climate as , and the trees , there was no setback in the plants do you see , they were starting growing straight off cos they 'd been , was the same climate . |
| 12 | No , he has n't , that 's why I said slightly coloured , rather than Pakistani |
| 13 | Only after they were built did the Manager of Shawcraft ask me why I had n't made the base more cone-shaped . |
| 14 | Was that why I had n't wanted to believe the rumours ? |
| 15 | It was so obvious I could n't imagine why I had n't seen it before . |
| 16 | I wondered why I had n't had the wit to take the starveling cat to Mother Joseph as soon as I knew that Nour might kill it . |
| 17 | That 's why I had n't taken anything with me . ’ |
| 18 | He was wondering why I had n't returned his call . |
| 19 | I wondered why I had n't thought of this before . |
| 20 | So when asked why I had not told her the whole story , I replied , ‘ Because you never asked me . ’ |
| 21 | The bells have far more impact , and tempos are more extreme — to the benefit of the first two fast movements , but to the detriment I think of the following two slow ones ( which reminded me why I had not responded more positively first time round ) . |
| 22 | Worrying ahead had never been one of my habits , which was why I had mentally allowed Bill 's importance to get so out of hand . |
| 23 | At times I wondered why I had ever embarked upon my personal research study . |
| 24 | I never understood until I came to Taipei and we met again , when I started to realise why I 'd always reacted so strongly to you . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | Probably why I get so screwed up . ’ |
| 27 | Their message was : ‘ You see why I did not want Mrs. Bonnard to hear this . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ That is why I did not arrive until late on Wednesday evening . |
| 29 | The car is not registered in my name , so I suppose that is why I did not receive a reminder . |
| 30 | I used to view the European Community as being an economic and political bloc confronting the East and COMECON , and that is why I did not believe that it was uniting Europe . |