Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] why [pers pn] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | I was puzzled at first but now I know why they do it , why they stretch their throats like that . |
| 2 | She says , as an adult , looking back , I know why they did n't want me . |
| 3 | ‘ I know why you do this now , Caro my sweet . ’ |
| 4 | And so he ignored her ‘ no ’ and ended with , ‘ So you see , I know why you do n't want to work . |
| 5 | he must of done Arthur , he moved and pulled everything , he 's ever such a good boy , he 's says to ya , I do n't know why he says but I can eat as much as I can , said I never get fat , I said I know why you do n't get fat |
| 6 | ‘ I know why I did it ! |
| 7 | I 'm damned if I know why I did n't tell you in the first place , back when all this started happening . |
| 8 | I know why I did n't |
| 9 | And asked why , well I know why she did n't turn into the morning lectures well I do n't get up usually , till half eleven , twelve o'clock . |
| 10 | ‘ I understand why you did it , Ben . |
| 11 | I wonder why they do all this in Christmas week ? |
| 12 | I wonder why you did n't phone your lawyer before I ever got to the front door . ’ |
| 13 | I wonder why you did that to help Jamie ? ’ |
| 14 | I wonder why you did n't go . |
| 15 | I wonder why it does n't work |
| 16 | ‘ I wonder why he did n't speak of the Friar ? ’ |
| 17 | I wonder why he did n't go and work at the bank ? ’ |
| 18 | I thought , I wonder why he do n't wear his socks ? |
| 19 | I wonder why she did n't ? |
| 20 | They keep questioning me , always asking where I was what I did why I did it , did all of them where I was who I was with who am I trying to kid why do n't I just admit I did it well if I did n't do all these things , who did ? |
| 21 | I wondered why they did n't pause to stretch or joke . |
| 22 | I wondered why we did n't do a bit more for them . |
| 23 | ‘ May I ask why you did this , Axel ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ May I ask why you did n't do that in the first place ? ’ |
| 25 | ‘ May I ask why you did n't say anything when I explained what I was doing in Venice ? ’ |
| 26 | D' ya know why they do n't know it exists ? |
| 27 | But Gaily could not bring himself to ask why she did not return to it . |
| 28 | Nobody knows why they do it but you do . |
| 29 | do you know why she did it ? |
| 30 | Can you see why they do not work out to fit exactly into the decimal system ? |