Example sentences of "[pron] real reason for [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ To tell you the truth , Mrs Hurst , the lamb is n't my real reason for coming . |
| 2 | As I did not now want her to guess my real reason for keeping quiet on this other matter , I used the truth , if not all the truth . |
| 3 | Once this trip was over she would let him know her real reason for taking this job with Woodline Design , then she would say goodbye . |
| 4 | Suddenly it occurred to me to wonder if this was her real reason for refusing to discuss Red Leland . |
| 5 | But she could not tell him her real reason for trying to dissuade him . |
| 6 | Then her married sister arrived at the house with news of her real reason for going each evening to the post office . |
| 7 | If his real reason for inviting her was a kind of face-saving operation in front of his former ex-wife , he might at least have had the honesty to say so . |
| 8 | What is your real reason for wanting to go out with that person ? |