Example sentences of "[pron] can [verb] why [noun prp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I can understand why John was overexcited by New York , where , at night , life and all its colour and reflection is folded out on to the street , and not shut in and huddled , behind the glow of windows . |
| 2 | who is dead , he condemned another of his followers who was lying badly injured in hospital , like this unfortunate man here who was blinded , and I can understand why Clare feels badly about this tabloid television , it 's not a time for exciting , you know I everybody er is appalled by any bereavement or misery . |
| 3 | ‘ I can understand why Graham Taylor selects him . |
| 4 | I can understand why Neil Kinnock might think so , but I am more optimistic . |
| 5 | I CAN understand why Barry Hearn is claiming that a rematch between Chris Eubank and Nigel Benn would be the ‘ biggest fight in Britain since the war ’ . |
| 6 | So can you er look at it in that light and you will see of course that and I can understand why Mr has done it in this way , he has actually broken down er his the approach to this to looking at this criterion , under the three heads , road , rail and bus . |
| 7 | ‘ I can see why Silvio was so happy . |
| 8 | And I can see why Jim possibly is confused now because I 'm confused |
| 9 | t is er , I can see why Joan 's |
| 10 | I can see why Steven 's started on you . |
| 11 | And while Jo 's able to shrug off the speculation , she can understand why Craig , who 's just as down-to-earth , might shun the limelight . |
| 12 | When you consider that there are 120 dealers in the are you can appreciate why Bath is second only to London for the serious hunter . |
| 13 | But you can see why Churchill was devastated , ca n't you ? |
| 14 | You can see why Sean Young has never really fitted in . |
| 15 | You can understand why Cancun initially went overboard on ‘ Ringo ’ . |
| 16 | We can see why Michael was to be admired ; but Michael 's son , who left for the town , was forced to do so because his father had to find money in a hurry and would not sell his land . |
| 17 | One can hear why Rheinberger was a respected teacher : the compositional technique is well-nigh faultless , there are no surprises , none of the aural wrong-footing that makes for memorability . |
| 18 | But one can ask why Adorno did not investigate the origins of swing before so quickly assimilating it to the prevailing Tin Pan Alley dance-band style . |