Example sentences of "why i [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | a whole bowl of clean water over his nappy so if you wonder why I got through an extra nappy cos it was n't |
| 2 | That 's why I mean in the score today . |
| 3 | Yeah but ah then again why I mean like a lot of people have do n't have actual they have n't got money but they they sort of choose to have money tied up in property , though it do n't mean to say you 're wealthy just because you 've got a big house does it ? |
| 4 | I 'm not sure why I walked into the trees . |
| 5 | so that he would n't upset himself by barking , that 's why I tapped on the window when I saw you . |
| 6 | That 's why I put on the weight , I just stand there all day you see got a load them in and press the button that 's all I do all day , I do n't move ! |
| 7 | That 's why I waited in the square . |
| 8 | ‘ You have n't even asked me directly why I went for a walk with Flo this evening , for instance . |
| 9 | They 're not tight , that 's why I went for a one cos I thought it 's like a trainer in n it ? |
| 10 | Erm which is why I went for the downstairs cos I had a choice of either . |
| 11 | I have to say that I know for definite that the force at that time only possessed two shields , er we kept one shield in the South of the county at and one shield North of the county and and hence that is why I went to the headquarters in the morning . |
| 12 | But is it just the centenary of the parish council , that 's why I thought of the Southwell bit but what do y , what about that |
| 13 | Might , perhaps ; there 's just something ; that 's why I asked at the meeting , but I 'd have to see the letter first , partly to see what 's in it , partly just to see it . ’ |
| 14 | This is the reason why I said to the managers of the Berlin Philharmonic in 1955 , I will have the orchestra for my lifetime , otherwise I will not sign the contract . |
| 15 | That 's why I dress like a policeman , so they do n't come up to you . |
| 16 | That is why I began with the hill towns : for they wear so much , so conspicuously , on their face . |
| 17 | That is why I side with the scientists and the Fundamentalists of Arkansas against the fake liberals . |
| 18 | And I think that there is a very strong argument erm for getting women in the cabinet on the basis that if women are seen to be in the cabinet they are seen as competent , they 're seen as excellent politicians , and that 's why I go for a form of positive discrimination , which is that if you 've got two people who are equally well qualified , and if erm Mr Major decided that a man and a women were equally well qualified , then I think he should have chosen the woman erm |
| 19 | That is why I joined with the Master CuRoi in his quest to possess Ireland . |
| 20 | That is why I objected to the assurance with which the hon. Member for Ryedale was arguing that this would happen . |
| 21 | This was one reason why I became a postnatal supporter for a year and why I trained as a breastfeeding counsellor . |
| 22 | And erm , this is why I say to the Co-op now er they know my feelings because my husband had only got erm he had er trans works transport which when he retired erm he , he , said well what are we going to do ? |