Example sentences of "why [pers pn] [vb base] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is one reason why I 've just started to learn the piano . |
| 2 | That 's why I 've never married . |
| 3 | ‘ 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 . |
| 4 | Probably why I get so screwed up . ’ |
| 5 | That was why I have now decided to write to him . |
| 6 | So , I am going to spend another two minutes telling you why I have always loved trains and railways . |
| 7 | Which is why I have always tried to insist that my players have proper ways of relaxing away from their work . |
| 8 | Granda 's fondness for alcohol is one of the reasons why I have never touched it in my life … although I do admit to having some rum sauce once . |
| 9 | Anything to explain why my skin is sallow , why I look so washed out . |
| 10 | Why you 've just got to laugh |
| 11 | So that 's how you look after your bandages and all these things that we 're going to show you you 'll find in those little sections in your first aid book so if you get confused or why you 've only got to look up in the book . |
| 12 | I 'm simply asking why you 've suddenly started calling her Linda . ’ |
| 13 | So it , it 's as you say it 's a very tough , hard life and in order to survive , people really do need the help of other people and that 's why you 've really got to conform to a large extent in the society and you have n't got a lot of choice about erm you know wh what you 'd like to especially if you 're , if you 're young and female and not much men not if you want to get any wives that is . |
| 14 | Never , but you do n't usually get any from me that 's why you 've never asked . |
| 15 | 'Is that why you 've never told me before what happened with you and Peter before we all went to New York ? |
| 16 | And do n't they wonder why you 've never married him ? ’ |
| 17 | And I said , well , why we 've just agreed that with Jilly . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | Which is why we 've recently abolished some charges altogether and simplified others . |
| 20 | Our revival of it could well be seen as defiant ; that 's why we have already commemorated the fiftieth anniversary of Aby Warburg 's death . |
| 21 | That is why we have consistently adopted a pro-European stance . |
| 22 | Between stops we can try and find out why their debut LP , ‘ Eva Luna ’ , is such a welcome anachronism that gives a shock to the nerve-centres of the techno ‘ n ’ grunge consensus , why rhythm is omnipotent once again and why they 've finally broken the apathetic silence by taking us all to task with some bold statements on matters of importance , instead of indistinct paeans to various objects of desire . |
| 23 | And the drop-outs enjoying the lovely warm season , when asked why they stay there said this was the reason . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | It is a great mystery why they have never asked why . |
| 26 | 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 . ’ |
| 27 | Ask the thousands of FOBs — friends of Bill — why they have long thought that he would one day be a great president and their replies will sooner or later share the same point . |