Example sentences of "n't [verb] why [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But this does n't explain why we should think it is the sort that is invoked in an argument from analogy . |
| 2 | ‘ That still does n't explain why they torched themselves , ’ Finn observed . |
| 3 | She was good at art as well but her friends could n't explain why she burst into tears for no apparent reason during a painting class one sunny afternoon . |
| 4 | But she would n't explain why she 's using her vote against the government in tonight 's debate on a referendum on the Maastricht Treaty . |
| 5 | ‘ No , ’ she denied drily , and he would have to make of that what he would , because she could n't explain why she had come , not the real reason , because it was private , and because the woman she had come to find , the woman her grandfather had asked her to look up , deliver the package to , might be very angry — and rightfully so — if she discussed her business with other people . |
| 6 | But , ridiculous or not , it did n't explain why she should feel so cheated . |
| 7 | He did n't explain why it was going to be helpful and the pilot told him the car he 'd specified was waiting for them . |
| 8 | ‘ Which still does n't explain why he dumped the one person who knows how to ride Shine On . ’ |
| 9 | If nothing else , this explains why they are in politics and I 'm not , although it does n't explain why I 'm in journalism . |
| 10 | She had just received Holy Communion , of course , and her face was radiant and pure — I ca n't explain why I did it , but I could n't help kissing her . |
| 11 | ‘ You said your husband was working on a book but that does n't explain why you came to Dublin . ’ |
| 12 | They should never have let him into the RAF — ca n't think why they did n't spot it . |
| 13 | He constantly came across people who adored his father and he could n't think why they did when he was such a silly little man who made such a fool of himself . |
| 14 | Ca n't think why and I ca n't think why they should think they must n't go on Pan Am cos Pan Am are a target |
| 15 | ‘ Well , I ca n't think why we should be praying for them , ’ Benny said with mock indignation . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm cold , ’ she complained , ‘ I ca n't think why we came up here . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ Ca n't think why we ever got rid of the old bat . |
| 18 | ‘ I ca n't think why we did n't hold the ball outside , ’ said Ayling coming in with newspapers under his arm . |
| 19 | Ca n't think why we 've stuck so long with people who knew something about the job . ’ |
| 20 | No , no , I ca n't think why we ca n't find . |
| 21 | Mrs Oliver also said that since receiving her machine as a birthday present last year , she has become totally ‘ hooked ’ , is already producing garments for the family and ca n't think why she did n't buy a machine years ago . |
| 22 | She could n't think why she had n't thought of that before . |
| 23 | I ca n't think why she has n't done it yet , now you come to mention it . ’ |
| 24 | I ca n't think why she 's behaving in such a way . ’ |
| 25 | I ca n't think why she stays because he 's no easier on her than on the rest of us . ’ |
| 26 | She could n't think why she blurted it out . |
| 27 | ‘ No it 's not , ’ I said feebly , although I could n't think why it was n't . |
| 28 | ‘ It 's going to be all over town — in fact , I ca n't think why it is n't already — and your mother will be the last to know . ’ |
| 29 | I ca n't think why it did n't occur to me at the time . |
| 30 | She could n't think why it had n't occurred to her sooner . |