Example sentences of "why you [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now by good Saint Loy — and eke by Saint Beth , Why ye lie here , boy , so barren of breath ? |
| 2 | ‘ The sea is why you slept so well . ’ |
| 3 | Now you know why you eat so many of 'em . |
| 4 | You should n't have doubted the depth of my love for you but I understand why you felt so insecure . |
| 5 | why you looking there ? |
| 6 | ‘ That 's why you stick together . ’ |
| 7 | Why you 've just got to laugh |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | I 'm simply asking why you 've suddenly started calling her Linda . ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | 'Is that why you 've never told me before what happened with you and Peter before we all went to New York ? |
| 12 | And do n't they wonder why you 've never married him ? ’ |
| 13 | She does n't understand , you see , why you 've never been home . ’ |
| 14 | Never , but you do n't usually get any from me that 's why you 've never asked . |
| 15 | Did it have you any any idea why you had so much support , all all of a sudden ? |
| 16 | That 's why you meant so much to him . |
| 17 | That 's why you know now . ’ |
| 18 | why you know okay you 're happy with cars you 're happy |
| 19 | Is n't that why you went home ? ’ |
| 20 | He said , squeakily , ‘ I know why you went there . |
| 21 | ‘ You know very well why you came here , ’ said Tobermory immediately . |
| 22 | Is n't that why you came here — to experience a bush walk ? |
| 23 | ‘ I do n't know why you came here , Nicolo . |
| 24 | And that 's why you came here , indeed . |
| 25 | Relating , you form a , a bond basically between you and the customer , that 's why you sell well , cos you gel well with your customers , there 's empathy there , you 've got to come across as caring and sharing , but you 've got ta ask questions and you listen to the answers , right , you 've got to basically treat their problems as if they were your own , do you know what I 'm saying to you ? |
| 26 | ‘ Perhaps it did , because I was wondering why you 'd never vouchsafed that interesting titbit of information before , ’ he mused . |
| 27 | People ask you why you go home . |
| 28 | ‘ That explains why he 's so fond of you — why you go there so often . ’ |
| 29 | Is that why you ran away ? |
| 30 | That 's why you come away with a sense of release . ’ |