Example sentences of "[adv] know why [pron] [am/are] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Thomas paused , as if having second thoughts , then said , ‘ I do n't know what the fuck you 're doing down there , I do n't know what 's going on , and I do n't really know why I 'm offering this , but I could probably get you a gun , if you 'd feel — I do n't know — safer , or whatever . ’ |
| 2 | I do n't know why they 're doing this , Stuart and Oliver . |
| 3 | " But after all , " said Blackberry , " we do n't know why they 're so few . |
| 4 | Och i do n't know why they 're moving it down there , it 's already got a day unit on fifteen . |
| 5 | Yeah , you 're told you 're going and we spend the first day overcoming barriers to the fact that they do n't know why they 're there , they 've just been sent and it 'll be good for you , you know this sort of stuff . |
| 6 | Where you going to go to get for you , , I do n't know why they 're cutting down all of erm , his , they 've got some nice ones on there . |
| 7 | I do n't know why they are so strict , because a lot of the screws are lesbians . |
| 8 | I do n't know why they are n't voting in favour to be honest |
| 9 | and it goes through their , for the rest of their twenties , the rest of their thirties and most of their forties and then suddenly bang maybe something ghastly seems to be happening which they are absolutely unaware of , you know , they do n't know why they are crying or , or er unable to cope with whatever they ca n't cope with and that 's it , that 's them off and they start worrying about er osteoporosis and you know an enormous number of , of now medically defined problems of the menopause , and they may start going on to all sorts of things like hormone replacement therapy or even primrose oil or whatever the hell and they 're sitting there at an age when they are fairly loaded up with experience and maturity and all the rest of it and they do n't know what they are doing . |
| 10 | And by the way , I do n't know why we 're sitting crouched down here because we could stand up by the spruce there : its shadow is darker than the sky , and we could be more ready for them . |
| 11 | I 'm sorry to say but I think that we 're talking about this education day at the beginning of October and I mean god knows we 've known this is coming for , it 's almost as if we 've got to the brink of , you know like lemmings just about to throw ourselves off the cliff and we do n't know why we 're going to do it . |
| 12 | ‘ Oh , anyway , ’ said my mother , ‘ I do n't know why we 're talking about it . |
| 13 | I do n't know why we 're standing here for all these fools to gape at . |
| 14 | Sorry about that Simon I do n't know why we 're not working here . |
| 15 | I do n't know why we 're different except that someone wants to makes some trouble . |
| 16 | Well I do n't see , I do n't know why we 're , we 're trying |
| 17 | ‘ I do n't know why we 're whispering ! |
| 18 | But I do n't know why we 're talking about this . |
| 19 | Frankly , I do n't know why I am here . |
| 20 | ‘ I do n't know why I am telling you all this . ’ |
| 21 | I do n't know why I 'm laughing . ’ |
| 22 | I told you , I do n't know why I 'm here . ’ |
| 23 | I do n't know why I 'm so scared . |
| 24 | Look , Quite frankly , I mean I just do n't know why I 'm writing this column , OK ? |
| 25 | ‘ I do n't know why I 'm such a warped , twisted little git , ’ he says . |
| 26 | ‘ I do n't know why I 'm alive and he 's dead . ’ |
| 27 | Even though I do n't know why I 'm elect . |
| 28 | But I do n't know why I 'm telling you this , because you 're going to do exactly what you want to anyway . ’ |
| 29 | I do n't know why I 'm bothering about trying to help . |
| 30 | I do n't know why I 'm telling you all this . |