Example sentences of "[pers pn] [vb past] n't know why [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I did n't know why they have n't done it before . |
| 2 | It was alright , but I did n't know why it was good , or whether there was anything I should do better , it was just alright then , that 's it , I 've done it . |
| 3 | I did n't know why I 'd agreed to attend this festival . |
| 4 | I did n't know why I said what I said . |
| 5 | You did n't know why it meant a lot to you . |
| 6 | She did n't know why her lack of experience had thrown him so utterly , and she thought now that perhaps she did n't want to know . |
| 7 | Some kind of crisis had developed in the last few minutes , and she did n't know why she felt afraid . |
| 8 | She did n't know why she wanted this so much , either . |
| 9 | She always did choke off any men who showed signs of wanting to get close to her and she did n't know why she behaved like that . |
| 10 | She did n't know why she felt so scared . |
| 11 | She did n't know why she felt compelled to probe . |
| 12 | ‘ Yes , but she denied it , and then she said she did n't know why he was making such a fuss because it was n't his child anyway . |
| 13 | In-cell slot video , that would be a good idea , she did n't know why someone had n't come up with it already . |
| 14 | The problem was that we did n't know why there had been such a dramatic improvement . |
| 15 | Brutus had said that he killed Caesar for the general good but Antony is now saying that he did n't know why they killed him , otherwise he saying that it was n't for the general good . |
| 16 | Of Breavman ( his alter ego ) he states , ‘ He did n't know why he hated the careful diagrams and coloured plates . |
| 17 | Years ago a young Somerset cricketer said he did n't know why he played this wretched game ‘ because I worry about it so much . ’ |
| 18 | He did n't know why he was saying these words ; deep down he knew that he should be running back to the truck and getting the rescue organized . |
| 19 | He did n't know why he 'd written , except maybe to let people know that he was alive . |
| 20 | He did n't know why he kept them really , except that they helped to make up the number on the shelves . |
| 21 | He did n't know why he had returned to Police Headquarters . |
| 22 | He did n't know why he had come , hated himself for coming , but had by now tormented himself into a state of mind where he was deliberately looking for fresh spasms of anguish . |
| 23 | He , he did n't know why he was there did he ? |
| 24 | Peter Cook always used to say he did n't know why I was looking for myself , he knew exactly where I was ! |
| 25 | He did n't know why she was screaming — he 'd pulled his trousers up long ago . |