Example sentences of "why [pron] [verb] [adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But why I mean so stupid . |
| 2 | That 's why I charge so much . |
| 3 | ‘ You can see why I remember so little . ’ |
| 4 | Erm , so that 's why I put down six , so , you could also put , you know , if you want to , it all down to the matter of doing the same job , |
| 5 | That 's why I came here first . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ This is why I came here this afternoon . ’ |
| 7 | That 's why I take so long over it . |
| 8 | Why I had too much . |
| 9 | That 's why I had so many . |
| 10 | Perhaps that 's why I felt so uncomfortable with those men . |
| 11 | I know he is , that 's why I get so irritated with him cos I see my failings in him so clearly ! |
| 12 | I do n't know why I get too flattered you know . |
| 13 | ‘ People have probably begun to wonder by now why I spend so much time in the club , ’ he said evenly . |
| 14 | Oh she said I 'm ever so sorry I was miles away , I said yeah we 've just said that , I said you never even heard us , so I said what you , you ca n't understand why you pay too much tax , she said no I know why I pay too much tax she said but more she said I used to be in business she said and I 'm on basic rate of tax , so I said yeah I 've had some of that , so she said what basic rate of tax , I said yeah where I 've come so , it 's a funny thing she said , I was saying to Carol the other day , she said erm , she said what a difference them blokes you work with , so I said yeah , I said I 'm always saying that about these so she said oh she said er |
| 15 | ‘ That 's why I cast so many unknowns when I came to make the movie , ’ Dickerson reasons . |
| 16 | That 's why I feel so low . |
| 17 | That 's why I feel so much at home here . |
| 18 | After a while she said , ‘ I do n't know why I feel so strange sometimes . |
| 19 | ‘ I really believe you are what you eat , and I 'm certain that 's why I feel so different in myself . |
| 20 | I do n't know why I feel so possessive about the damned things . |
| 21 | ‘ Miss Hardbroom , I was the frog in the potion laboratory , the one you found in the corridor , and the potion I took is only just wearing off , that 's why I have n't any feet at the moment . |
| 22 | And er when I was Well before I was fourteen , and I believe that is why I stoop so much now . |
| 23 | that 's what keeps it why its kept so long then , then he said that |
| 24 | ‘ McAl — Sally-Anne , ’ said Rose , reading her ma 's stare correctly , ‘ is a Yankee ; that 's why she talks so funny . |
| 25 | One day he asked her why she looked so sad . |
| 26 | He stared at his old neighbour trying to puzzle out why she looked so different . |
| 27 | Tepilit would question her about her interest in Masai women and why she seemed so concerned with their unremarkable tasks . |
| 28 | ‘ Isabel miscarried , which was why she became so mad for Benedict 's coming here . ’ |
| 29 | Donna looked at him again , wondering why she felt so guilty to be sitting at the table with this man . |
| 30 | Juliet could n't understand why she felt so nervous . |