Example sentences of "n't know [adv] why " in BNC.
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| 1 | I do n't know quite why that should be except that in the Fifties all my peers were fascinated by the industrialised , consumer society of which the USA was the supreme example . |
| 2 | I always finished up as a bandit , or a pirate , I do n't know quite why . |
| 3 | Babur does n't know quite why , but the story of Stuart speaks to him quite directly . |
| 4 | Their reaction was predictable : ‘ One expects them to groan , though I do n't know quite why we should be seeing a piece as it was performed 50 years ago . |
| 5 | But I do n't know quite why it is — maybe that 's one area where I do find there 's a bit of segregation , or maybe it 's just that people do n't have the time available , but it 's a different sector of the community who are working with the basic things like helping the old and the infirm more , just being able to give cups of coffee to people , or chatting to them , or visiting them , or whatever . |
| 6 | I do n't know really why I did . |