Example sentences of "know why they [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Brutus had said that he killed Caesar for the general good but Antony is now saying that he did n't know why they killed him , otherwise he saying that it was n't for the general good . |
| 2 | And then the when they were built Sometimes some folk used to build them into what they called a hay soo It was a square kind of a thing but er and I do n't know why they put it into a hays hay soo as we say , but it seemed to er it seemed to be better to keep the h the wet out I suppose . |
| 3 | I do n't know why they left me there alive . ’ |
| 4 | I do n't know why they like them models . |
| 5 | I do n't know why they imagine it 's ‘ poofy ’ or we would n't find it attractive if they dressed up for us . |
| 6 | Jason Cundy gets his first chance to play against his former club since moving from Stamford Bridge last season — ‘ I still do n't know why they sold me — I thought I was there for my career , ‘ he says — but Meanwhile , in-form Chelsea will be without the suspended Mick Harford . |
| 7 | apparently she does n't know why they sacked her she said , they sacked apparently something to do with she 'd been asking too many questions or something and but she |
| 8 | Personally , I do n't know why they kept her on . |
| 9 | Sixty six she was , so in we go , and it 's got open to the general public , so this man said to her something about I ca n't serve you I 've had a robbery , she said I do n't know why they advertise it on the window if he 's , if he 's not prepared to serve me and when I looked round there was all the taken over , they had a burglary . |
| 10 | I do n't know why they think I can help . |
| 11 | I do n't know why they decided it that way . |
| 12 | ‘ I do n't know why they did it and no , do n't even think it , I was n't raped . |
| 13 | I do n't know why they did it . |
| 14 | I do n't know why they do it , the screws , because half of them are bent as butchers ' hooks anyway . |
| 15 | I do n't actually , I do n't know why they do it because , I mean , half the people are listeners int it ? |