Example sentences of "[verb] why we " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You forget why we fought the War , Li Yuan . |
| 2 | Then she wonders why we have n't got on with the work . |
| 3 | I do n't know why we drink so much and come up smelling of roses . |
| 4 | I do n't know why we drink so much . |
| 5 | I do n't know why we drink . |
| 6 | I do n't know why we … the hell I do n't ! |
| 7 | I do n't bloody know why we all tell you things . |
| 8 | I do n't know why we bother . |
| 9 | As we face the issues and questions which are before each of us now , do we know why we believe ? |
| 10 | ‘ I do n't know why we keep coming here , ’ says an older clown on the bus shuttling us to the big top , ‘ all it does is rain on us and blow us about . ’ |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't know why we did n't notice , Mil , ’ said Maud , rallying to her friend 's side . |
| 12 | But I do n't know why we were n't alerted sooner . ’ |
| 13 | But I do n't know why we were n't alerted sooner . ’ |
| 14 | And by the way , I do n't know why we 're sitting crouched down here because we could stand up by the spruce there : its shadow is darker than the sky , and we could be more ready for them . |
| 15 | ‘ I do n't know why we were making the damn thing — everybody was acting like it was a pain in the ass . |
| 16 | For example , it said I had a daughter called Samantha ( which is not true ) , and it said that I had a Citroen car ( which I do n't — I drive a Renault ) and that I spent three years at the Royal College of Art painting ten-inch red stripes on a piece of canvas and then it quoted me and it said : ' ’ I do n't know why we did it , ’ says Terry . |
| 17 | Do n't know why we have to have partners . |
| 18 | Do n't know why we never realised it before but Sun Microsystems Inc chief executive officer , Scott McNealy is the company 's largest single shareholder with about 2.1m shares or 2.2% of the outstanding stock , making him worth about $60m . |
| 19 | Do n't know why we never realized it before but Sun chief executive officer , Scott McNealy is the firm 's largest single shareholder with about 2.1m shares or 2.2% of the outstanding stock . |
| 20 | I 'm sorry to say but I think that we 're talking about this education day at the beginning of October and I mean god knows we 've known this is coming for , it 's almost as if we 've got to the brink of , you know like lemmings just about to throw ourselves off the cliff and we do n't know why we 're going to do it . |
| 21 | I do n't know why we still call it the God slot . |
| 22 | ‘ Oh , anyway , ’ said my mother , ‘ I do n't know why we 're talking about it . |
| 23 | We think we know who we are , though we do n't quite know why we 're here , or how long we shall be forced to stay . |
| 24 | I do n't know why we needed a place that size . |
| 25 | I do n't know why we do n't throw them away ; perhaps we are charting our progress . |
| 26 | I do n't know why we 're standing here for all these fools to gape at . |
| 27 | I 'm glad , because now you 'll know why we 've taken you . |
| 28 | ‘ You really do n't know why we 've done it ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Do you know why we destroyed Hasan the Second ? ’ said Hasan , in a conversational tone , as the two of them followed the headmaster and the rest of the school . |
| 30 | Sorry about that Simon I do n't know why we 're not working here . |