Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] why [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One of the difficulties is that the end state is so far removed from the average child that it is very difficult for them to see why they have to learn to read , but if they can realize that if they learn to read in those houses where they have it they 'll be able to read the Radio Times and know what the television programmes are , that at least is motivating . |
| 2 | One of the difficulties is that the end state is so far removed from the average child that it is very difficult for them to see why they have to learn to read , but if they can realize that if they learn to read in those houses where they have it they 'll be able to read the Radio Times and know what the television programmes are , that at least is motivating . |
| 3 | ‘ First let me explain why I have to go to Athens . |
| 4 | ‘ No , no , we are not brave , we are very frightened ’ , was the inevitable response when I asked why they always fled . |
| 5 | When I asked why they chose me , George said , because you are the President of the Oxford Drama Club/my bank manager/my oldest friend/the boss/have known us for twenty-five years/you are the tallest/you have the loudest voice/ , and Martha said , because you have known Annabelle since she was fourteen/a baby/a child/all her life/at school/at college/you tell the best jokes . |
| 6 | I asked why he could n't just plead guilty . |
| 7 | ‘ I asked why you want to know . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ I asked why you had to be going . ’ |
| 9 | No matter , what I mean why we all seem to wearing black , because they 're |
| 10 | I do n't know why I mean why I like Polo . |
| 11 | I realised why I was wrong about good theatre , about how it can enthrall in a way cinema and television rarely does . |
| 12 | Well , I consider that letting someone know why they 've lost is natural justice . |
| 13 | I went to take Wendy 's laundry round Tuesday night I forget why I was , I do n't know , well I did n't call but I just drove on and got myself a says Jim you 're early tonight , quarter past ten . |
| 14 | I guessed why she had brought me round into the shadow . |
| 15 | Blind with rage : I know why they say blind — I could n't see him , I could n't see anything — I did n't think what to say , I was just saying it , shouting it , fury pouring out of me like hot tar — my hands were on my hips and clinging on so as to stop myself tearing his straggly hair out , gouging his eyes out , strangling him till his voice went gurgle-croak and his body went limp . |
| 16 | I was puzzled at first but now I know why they do it , why they stretch their throats like that . |
| 17 | I know why they tried to kill you . |
| 18 | She says , as an adult , looking back , I know why they did n't want me . |
| 19 | So now I know why they tell you fill this as you go along cos you forget what |
| 20 | Now I know why he whacked me , I would whack me too . |
| 21 | I know why he likes the photographing business . |
| 22 | ‘ I know why he went there . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ No , sir , I do n't know that , but I know why he was waiting at the gate . |
| 24 | I mean what he 's do I , I know why he 's done it . |
| 25 | Ah , I think I know why he mentioned that then |
| 26 | Mm I know why he 's not happy . |
| 27 | ‘ I know why you 're at that school . |
| 28 | ‘ Now I know why you wear those glasses . ’ |
| 29 | And I said , ‘ I know why you picked the name Roger Short , because Shorty Rogers did an album once on a label he was n't supposed to , and changed his name from Shorty Rogers to Roger Short . ’ |
| 30 | I know why you are so jumpy , Mama , but you must n't think you are the only one who is being put out . |