Example sentences of "know why [pron] " in BNC.
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1 | I do n't know why they decided it that way . |
2 | 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 . |
3 | They know how to do certain tasks , because they have been shown — but do they know why they are doing them ? |
4 | I do n't know why they did n't . |
5 | To date I must admit that I do n't know why they sit tight . |
6 | I do n't know why they left me there alive . ’ |
7 | 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 . |
8 | ‘ I do n't know why they bother to have gates at this school , ’ remarked Mildred , as another three pupils soared over the wall on their brooms . |
9 | I do n't know why they want to kill you , Colonel . |
10 | Akram added : ‘ I do n't know why they changed the ball but I am glad they did because the one they gave us was newer and in better condition than the previous one . ’ |
11 | ‘ I do n't know why they did it and no , do n't even think it , I was n't raped . |
12 | Presumably the programmers cut down on frills in order to cram it all into a single load , though I do n't know why they bothered — no-one will ever get past Level Ten anyway ! |
13 | I do n't know why they 're doing this , Stuart and Oliver . |
14 | ‘ Did the participants know why they were participating ? ’ |
15 | There was something in Mrs Maugham 's solid air of conscious rectitude that threw a faint shadow of guilt over everyone who approached her , though as often as not people did not know why they were guilty : her disapprovals were so vast and public , her approvals so private and ill-chartered that all immediately cast themselves as goats in the discrimination of her gaze . |
16 | " But after all , " said Blackberry , " we do n't know why they 're so few . |
17 | I do n't know why they are so strict , because a lot of the screws are lesbians . |
18 | I do n't know why they do it , the screws , because half of them are bent as butchers ' hooks anyway . |
19 | I do n't know why they do n't have time , but er they do n't . |
20 | I do n't know why they do n't wash nappies , we used to do it , I can remember washing them |
21 | I do n't know why they do n't just open the gates and let us all out now . ’ |
22 | Och i do n't know why they 're moving it down there , it 's already got a day unit on fifteen . |
23 | 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 . |
24 | I do n't know why they did it . |
25 | I do n't know why they 'd ever had a little place yonder but there was crofts near everywhere , |
26 | I do n't I do n't know why they should n't . |
27 | I do n't know why they say that love is blind — I was always very keenly aware of all your father 's little defects . ’ |
28 | I do n't know why they think I can help . |
29 | I do n't know why they put up with him , I really do n't . ’ |
30 | Do you know why they wear one shoe ? |