Example sentences of "to know why [pron] [am/are] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now advertisers want to know why they 're still paying this premium to be first , when being first means that they 're actually fourth , fifth , sixth or seventh . |
| 2 | So if we 've got somebody earning nine thousand , they 're going to want to know why they 're insuring themselves for a hundred thousand on living insurance benefit . |
| 3 | If you are replacing someone who is leaving the firm then it is essential to know why they are going . |
| 4 | It is important to understand why people are favourably disposed towards a move , just as much as it is important to know why they are unhappy about going . |
| 5 | It is a considerable puzzle to know why they are still so common . |
| 6 | ‘ They need to know why we are here , ’ Adam said . |
| 7 | Six black heavies hem us in , want to know why we are snooping . |
| 8 | After the initial impetus has run out , he wrote , and before one has got in so far that it is easier to finish than to go back , it is then that it becomes hard to be sure of your footing , hard to know why you are doing what you are doing , hard to know if you are doing correctly what you are doing . |
| 9 | HEADQUARTERS — EXPECT YOU 'D LIKE TO KNOW WHY YOU 'RE HERE , EH ? |
| 10 | I want to know why you 're having me watched , why you need to know every move I make , why you must have control over everything I do . " |
| 11 | And if you 're not , they want to know why you 're not . |
| 12 | He wants to know why you 're still here . ’ |
| 13 | They 'll also want to know why you 're doing it , when there 's been constant obstruction for two years . |
| 14 | As Maxine Waters , the US congresswoman for South Central put it , in a sermon in the First American Methodist Episcopal Church last Sunday , ‘ People want to know why I 'm not saying exactly what they want me to say . |
| 15 | They want to know why I 'm drinking Diet Coke . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'd just like to know why I 'm here , ’ Scott murmured . |
| 17 | ‘ You mean , I 'm not supposed to know why I 'm going ? ’ |
| 18 | I want to know why I 'm being victimised against . " |
| 19 | Oh well if he wants to know why I 'm there and me are you off sick I shall just show him a I 've got proof that I 've been off sick . |
| 20 | Do you want to know why I 'm wearing two pairs of knickers because |
| 21 | And if the Bosnian Croats , dependent on Croatia for support , are now being caught ethnically cleansing Mostar of Muslims , then many people , not just the Serbs , may want to know why there are sanctions on Serbia and not on Croatia . |