Example sentences of "[vb infin] why [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't ken why they used to blame my father for allowing them to stay , stay , and and er , och , you get a lot of animosity . |
| 2 | You should discuss why you have come to your particular conclusions about its form of organisation . |
| 3 | And then we 'll discuss why I hate him , which invariably is because I feel threatened . |
| 4 | I do n't know why they decided it that way . |
| 5 | I do n't know why they imagine it 's ‘ poofy ’ or we would n't find it attractive if they dressed up for us . |
| 6 | They know how to do certain tasks , because they have been shown — but do they know why they are doing them ? |
| 7 | I do n't know why they did n't . |
| 8 | To date I must admit that I do n't know why they sit tight . |
| 9 | I do n't know why they left me there alive . ’ |
| 10 | Jason Cundy gets his first chance to play against his former club since moving from Stamford Bridge last season — ‘ I still do n't know why they sold me — I thought I was there for my career , ‘ he says — but Meanwhile , in-form Chelsea will be without the suspended Mick Harford . |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't know why they bother to have gates at this school , ’ remarked Mildred , as another three pupils soared over the wall on their brooms . |
| 12 | I do n't know why they want to kill you , Colonel . |
| 13 | Akram added : ‘ I do n't know why they changed the ball but I am glad they did because the one they gave us was newer and in better condition than the previous one . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I do n't know why they did it and no , do n't even think it , I was n't raped . |
| 15 | Presumably the programmers cut down on frills in order to cram it all into a single load , though I do n't know why they bothered — no-one will ever get past Level Ten anyway ! |
| 16 | I do n't know why they 're doing this , Stuart and Oliver . |
| 17 | ‘ Did the participants know why they were participating ? ’ |
| 18 | There was something in Mrs Maugham 's solid air of conscious rectitude that threw a faint shadow of guilt over everyone who approached her , though as often as not people did not know why they were guilty : her disapprovals were so vast and public , her approvals so private and ill-chartered that all immediately cast themselves as goats in the discrimination of her gaze . |
| 19 | " But after all , " said Blackberry , " we do n't know why they 're so few . |
| 20 | I do n't know why they are so strict , because a lot of the screws are lesbians . |
| 21 | I do n't know why they do it , the screws , because half of them are bent as butchers ' hooks anyway . |
| 22 | I do n't know why they do n't have time , but er they do n't . |
| 23 | I do n't know why they do n't wash nappies , we used to do it , I can remember washing them |
| 24 | I do n't know why they do n't just open the gates and let us all out now . ’ |
| 25 | Och i do n't know why they 're moving it down there , it 's already got a day unit on fifteen . |
| 26 | And then the when they were built Sometimes some folk used to build them into what they called a hay soo It was a square kind of a thing but er and I do n't know why they put it into a hays hay soo as we say , but it seemed to er it seemed to be better to keep the h the wet out I suppose . |
| 27 | I do n't know why they did it . |
| 28 | I do n't know why they 'd ever had a little place yonder but there was crofts near everywhere , |
| 29 | I do n't I do n't know why they should n't . |
| 30 | I do n't know why they say that love is blind — I was always very keenly aware of all your father 's little defects . ’ |