Example sentences of "why [pers pn] have [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I thought you loved Jones — that 's why I 've treated you as I have . |
| 2 | ( And for those clever dicks asking why I 've given it a higher rating here than in the footy feature , it 's 'coz I did n't know it was on budget then . |
| 3 | And that 's why I 've gotten my whole scene focused on what I need to do , what we all need to do . |
| 4 | That 's probably why I 've wanted you so much these last few months . |
| 5 | Which is why I 've asked you to actually split this work organiser between the front and the back of the binder . |
| 6 | ‘ You 're wondering why I 've woken you up . |
| 7 | That 's the top part the bottom part is open to negotiation and that 's why I 've put them altogether at the bottom . |
| 8 | That 's why I 've told you . ’ |
| 9 | Yes , that 's why I 've got one upstairs . |
| 10 | I du n no why I 've got one though . |
| 11 | I know why I 've got one . |
| 12 | That 's why I 've got my hair like this ! |
| 13 | That 's why I 've got it . |
| 14 | God knows where it 's from or why I 've got it , but I have |
| 15 | ‘ That 's why I 've brought you here . ’ |
| 16 | Are you wondering why I 've kitted you up ? ’ |
| 17 | She asked why I had said nothing about that accident on the bypass , or seeing Old Red and General Francis on my holiday . |
| 18 | It was why I had to leave you this morning . ’ |
| 19 | See why I had to remind her about the driving license ? |
| 20 | I suppose that Kenneth Ingram , the editor , had not quite made up his mind about what I had written , which is the reason why I had forwarded it to Eliot . |
| 21 | But I could be wrong , too , that 's why I had to hand it over to you . ’ |
| 22 | I did n't enjoy deceiving Eric , but I knew it was necessary ; I could n't tell him I 'd done it because he would n't have understood why I 'd done it . |
| 23 | wardens and whatever , we do n't take the double yellow lines half seriously enough , erm and I think parking generally is , is something we 're very bad at and I 'm an occasional sinner in this respect too , but it , it did strike me the other day , erm paying a fifteen pound fine for parking on a single yellow line on a Sunday afternoon but I had n't noticed a sign that said I should n't , erm paying that fifteen pound fine in other words not having paid the six pound instant fine , I remember thinking that , really there 's , there was no way of talking back , and I had in fact attempted an explanation as to why I 'd done it , and explained the reasons why I thought this really was very overlookable on the side of the law , erm I do n't suppose they paid much attention to it , I do n't imagine giving it a moment 's thought at all . |
| 24 | ‘ When I tell you why I have asked you to come here , I think you may feel your journey has not been in vain , ’ he said , and his shoulders heaved , rising and falling with silent mirth . |
| 25 | " As you have doubtless guessed , Peter , there is actually another reason why I have asked you to give up your leave . |
| 26 | With the show as buoyant as it is in these times , you will perhaps see why I have questioned his assertion that it is a local show and why I can absolutely refute the suggestion that we needed to discount . |
| 27 | However , the lowest common denominator throughout our business streams is the individual , which is why I have headed my article ‘ Change Starts With You ’ . |
| 28 | The reason why I have thought it to be so definitely a first edition is usually only because the title verso states : ‘ First published 19XX ’ or some such wording , and there is no mention about a second or third impression , or , because there was a date on the title page and a blank on the title verso ; or the title verso had only the copyright date on it . |
| 29 | " My dear great-niece , Sara Monroe , will be surprised and perhaps a little chagrined to find that I have not left Moorlake outright to her as I always promised , but when she has met Matthew Preston she will , I know , understand why I have changed my mind . |
| 30 | Why she 'd married him she could n't imagine . |