Example sentences of "why [pers pn] [verb] that " in BNC.
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| 1 | They are , that 's why I got that offer for three big ones . |
| 2 | And why I mention that is that the purpose of these people coming they are commercial they are coming here on a commercial basis . |
| 3 | And that 's why I put that in . |
| 4 | Wonder why I put that . . |
| 5 | 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 ? |
| 6 | But that 's that 's exactly why I ask that question if you 're confident . |
| 7 | I do n't even know why I done that . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | Elaine Paige I do n't know why I played that was the wrong record to play . |
| 10 | I do n't know why I said that . |
| 11 | ‘ Sorry , I do n't know why I said that . |
| 12 | Sorry , I do n't know why I said that . ’ |
| 13 | I do n't know why I said that . |
| 14 | Erm tt there 's er one point I would like to make , when I , when I made that comment about she 's only the wife , and I 'll just clarify why I said that and this is it 's amus a few years ago some , somebody who was , we were taking a policy out with right was , came to me and was , was talking and making arrangements to , to come and see us and he patronisingly said erm and your husband 'll be there , and I patronisingly said back , and you 'll be bringing your wife , because of the way that he came across to me and I , I mean |
| 15 | you have n't got any hot water at the moment that 's why I said that should well I would have thought he did it but you got no hot water then that should keep going until the water stops . |
| 16 | that 's why I locked that door cos I do n't know |
| 17 | ‘ T was why I fainted that day . |
| 18 | erm , why I suppose that 's two completely different questions and I 'd like to ask you from your point of view , from your point of view |
| 19 | I am not about to confess to Rosenbloom how and why I missed that part of the story . |
| 20 | His work affects me the same way — which is why I bought that painting a few years ago . |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | I do n't know why I think that 'd be so bad . |
| 23 | That is one of the reasons why I think that man is in much better shape than I think philosophy 's in . |
| 24 | I do n't know why I did that . |
| 25 | The island was a small one in the this has got a heart middle of the pond I could n't find the right line that 's why I did that . |
| 26 | I do n't even know why I do that . |
| 27 | That 's exactly why I wanted that because they 've done |
| 28 | " I do n't know why I say that . |
| 29 | Well we 've got to guess why she said that . |
| 30 | A metaphysical world view raises the question of why you attracted that event . |