Example sentences of "why i [verb] [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I think that 's probably why I 've you know , bothered . |
| 2 | Know , I do n't know why I got you wrote , whether it 's positive or negative . |
| 3 | ‘ Although why I let her talk to me into doing such a foolish thing is beyond my comprehension . ’ |
| 4 | If you want to know something , that 's why I let you do the ordering this last year or so . |
| 5 | Sharon says : ‘ I do n't know why I let you do that . |
| 6 | I do n't know why I let you annoy me this way . ’ |
| 7 | I made a bargain , that 's why I let 'em go ! ’ |
| 8 | Now you know why I advised you to let it climb . |
| 9 | well that 's er , er sort of oat meal , porridge , why I use it to make some oat meal crunchies |
| 10 | why I made him tell you . |
| 11 | Instead , she asked me why I thought I drank so much , and I told her why I thought I did . |
| 12 | Well , well no , no because it was then about , that 's what I 'm is , then four o'clock you see , so I mean I knew I would n't make it anyway that 's why I thought I 'd better ring cos the job that we finished was half past three so I thought well even if I come home I shall be late even if I do n't get changed and washed or anything . |
| 13 | Instead , she asked me why I thought I drank so much , and I told her why I thought I did . |
| 14 | I said that 's why I thought she had you and Mi Michael with Mootty and Michelle . |
| 15 | I felt awful as other children were upset and their mums looked horrified so I had to go and explain to each mum individually why I thought she did it and say that they were to feel free to stop her themselves and explain . |
| 16 | She is — was — outstandingly able , that 's why I asked her to join us . ’ |
| 17 | That 's why I asked you to join us as soon as was possible . |
| 18 | And some of you some of you did that this morning although you may not have realised it er but you said well well like Rob said and er just just making people feel part of it by by using their names and that 's exactly the purpose of having these plaques in front and why I asked you to use erm to put your name on them is so that we can do that . |
| 19 | ‘ That is why I asked you to meet me . |
| 20 | ‘ That 's precisely why I asked you to come here at such a bloody ridiculous time . |
| 21 | ‘ You must be wondering , ’ said Mr Stanforth , approaching by inches , ‘ why I asked you to come here like this . |
| 22 | That 's why I said you have been caught ! |
| 23 | No matter what , no matter how accurate my allowances were , this is why I said I do n't really think it matters . |
| 24 | Why I said I do n't think it matters I said cos I think |
| 25 | So that 's why I had it done . |
| 26 | Which is why I felt I had to speak to you , Hans . |
| 27 | Non verbal that 's why I know you think about body language but think of all the times things like that happen where the body language speaks it you know . |
| 28 | ‘ That 's why I want him to know he can talk to us . |
| 29 | And that 's what 's happening at the moment , because we 're not sitting down and saying , I mean , this is my worry about oh we might do this there , that 's why I want it tightened up because at the end of the day we start , we have various modules at a later date , two , three years time whatever we might decide to sling out but it should really be designed , worked upon so that the incoming person can use it as a basis given their limitations |
| 30 | That 's why I want you to take the twins to sea . |