Example sentences of "why [pers pn] [vb past] you " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Yes , that 's why I married you . |
| 2 | Know , I do n't know why I got you wrote , whether it 's positive or negative . |
| 3 | Her smile widening , she queried , ‘ You really do think that 's why I followed you ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ And that 's why I kept you apart . |
| 5 | Now you know why I advised you to let it climb . |
| 6 | That is why I kissed you . |
| 7 | ‘ That is why I kissed you , señorita . ’ |
| 8 | That 's why I left you . |
| 9 | That 's really why I left you . ’ |
| 10 | ‘ That 's why I left you alone that evening , because I needed time to sort things out in my own mind . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I know , ’ said the Marshal patiently , ‘ that 's why I thought you might have seen something . ’ |
| 12 | That 's why I thought you must be his niece or something . ’ |
| 13 | Mm that 's why I thought you was n't doing anything on that day , |
| 14 | That 's why I asked you to join us as soon as was possible . |
| 15 | ‘ That 's precisely why I asked you to come here at such a bloody ridiculous time . |
| 16 | ‘ That is why I asked you to meet me . |
| 17 | ‘ You must be wondering , ’ said Mr Stanforth , approaching by inches , ‘ why I asked you to come here like this . |
| 18 | And some of you some of you did that this morning although you may not have realised it er but you said well well like Rob said and er just just making people feel part of it by by using their names and that 's exactly the purpose of having these plaques in front and why I asked you to use erm to put your name on them is so that we can do that . |
| 19 | Well your tea 's nearly ready , that 's why I asked you . |
| 20 | If those , all of those contract temps are regarded as full time people it looks like full time people are working overtime , which is why I asked you the question yesterday erm what 's the overtime bill for quotes alone . |
| 21 | That 's why I said you have been caught ! |
| 22 | Which is why I summoned you , Knut . |
| 23 | ‘ I do n't know why I told you that story — it is n't one I 'm very proud of . |
| 24 | That 's why I told you the difference , you ca n't really |
| 25 | But they 're all going to wonder why I dragged you along at this time of night . |
| 26 | We 're looking at honours this time and she just said last night she , she said that 's why I phoned you she said cos I just ca n't believe it . |
| 27 | Maybe that is why I invited you here after all . |
| 28 | ‘ Not why I called you in . |
| 29 | ‘ Come , ’ said Fand , low , ‘ let me tell you why I called you here . |
| 30 | ‘ Well , ’ he announced , ‘ no doubt you 're all wondering why I called you here . ’ |