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 ?
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