Example sentences of "that [is] why [pers pn] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yes , that s why I said it was a bit worrying before . |
| 2 | I have a feeling its not too different from how Leeds play now , that s why I see him as an excellent ( joint ? ) |
| 3 | That is why they attacked me with a bomb . |
| 4 | That is why they know me . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ He put his arms up to protect his face and that is why they took it all . |
| 6 | The differences between human beings and other animals are complex ; that is why they worry us . |
| 7 | That is why I stole the book and that is why they want me dead and why they need the book back . |
| 8 | That is why we chose them as one of our opponents in the build-up to the World Cup , ’ Vogts said . |
| 9 | ‘ That is why we felt it was important to talk to each Scottish Homes tenant face-to-face in their own home to explain our promise to them . ’ |
| 10 | That is why we find it employed in relation to an action , a belief , a theory , a performance , or an artistic creation . |
| 11 | That is why we think it better the change in the community should be of an evolutionary rather than of a revolutionary kind . |
| 12 | That is why we oppose it . |
| 13 | That is why we offer our special Protection Plan which ensures that your monthly transfers will continue for up to 12 months . |
| 14 | That is why it disgusts me to see the nobility of grief caricatured in this way . |
| 15 | ‘ That is why I asked you to meet me . |
| 16 | That is why I keep it by me . |
| 17 | That is why I kissed you . |
| 18 | ‘ That is why I kissed you , señorita . ’ |
| 19 | That is why I said I would ‘ seek to agree ’ with the Chancellor : there is little by way of logical leverage that I could bring to bear upon them . |
| 20 | That is why I took him for an agent . |
| 21 | That is why I took it . |
| 22 | That is why I killed him . |
| 23 | ‘ I know they are respectable men , and that is why I put them in prison . |
| 24 | ‘ That is why I ask you here and now to give serious thought to ending your innocent liaison with Prince Edward . |
| 25 | That is why I ask you … |
| 26 | Maybe that is why I invited you here after all . |
| 27 | That is why I described what happened earlier as a stupid procedural diversion . |
| 28 | That is why I think it is good for me to go back to Scotland to remember that there is a world outside London and television . |
| 29 | I should like you to meet Augusta , but think that your two worlds are so different — And that is why I think there was surely never anything serious between us two … . |
| 30 | That is why I want you to listen carefully to the dreaded DOs and DON'Ts I am about to give you . |