Example sentences of "[adv] know why [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | God alone knew what the girl did after the golden boy had gone off to sell his 57 varieties , heaven only knew why she could n't get herself dressed before ten o'clock . |
| 2 | To him , she was still the same Alyssia , and heaven only knew why he had slept with her . |
| 3 | God alone knew why we wanted to sail to New Zealand together , except that in a strange way we were friends . |
| 4 | Goodness only knows why she did it , but it put the price up , of course . |
| 5 | God only knows why she did n't wait until it was ready , rather than rely on a starsuit . ’ |
| 6 | Goodness only knows why you picked on me ! ’ |
| 7 | Then , even as it dawned on her that the flowers had probably been placed there by lovers , so , as she looked up again into the dark eyes of the tall Czechoslovakian , she all at once knew why it was that her breath had caught a few seconds ago . |
| 8 | I do n't honestly know why he agreed to do the film , except that all he wanted was a fifteen-minute death scene . |
| 9 | ‘ So now you also know why I intend to hang on to you ? |
| 10 | She also knew why she had come here with him today . |
| 11 | I do n't really know why I always went unless it was to remind myself that I too had once come from some other world than the one in which I lived . |
| 12 | Thomas paused , as if having second thoughts , then said , ‘ I do n't know what the fuck you 're doing down there , I do n't know what 's going on , and I do n't really know why I 'm offering this , but I could probably get you a gun , if you 'd feel — I do n't know — safer , or whatever . ’ |
| 13 | If he can only argue to himself that they seem ’ interesting' it is highly likely that he does not really know why he is putting them in , or what he will do with the answers when he gets them . |
| 14 | He had n't meant to lose control like that and did n't really know why he had . |
| 15 | ‘ At least I now know why she ran away . ’ |
| 16 | He bit his lip then added conversationally , ‘ I 've never really known why it 's called ‘ cuffing ’ pneumonia . ’ |
| 17 | All right , he now knew why she had come — not to follow him as he 'd thought , but to deliver the letters ; but that still did n't explain his anger . |
| 18 | Actinic Degradation This is the breakdown of ( mostly synthetic ) flysheets through prolonged exposure to the sun , but no-one really knows why it affects some tents and not others of the same make and model . |
| 19 | Anybody anybody in there erm there who 's er just does n't even know why they 're ring that would be quite nice . |
| 20 | I do n't even know why I done that . |
| 21 | ‘ Dammit , Father , ’ Steiner exploded , ‘ I do n't even know why I 'm here . |
| 22 | Forget it — I do n't even know why I asked . |
| 23 | I do n't even know why I do that . |
| 24 | Indeed , you 've been afraid to hold up your end of a rockin' conversation , paralysed by the knowledge that you alone do not possess the second Squirrel Bait album — and worse , you do n't even know why you should possess any Squirrel Bait albums , let alone the second one . |
| 25 | I do n't even know why you 're doing it , unless you 've suddenly gone completely mad . |
| 26 | ‘ I do n't even know why you 're here . |
| 27 | Cor dear oh dear he said , I know I well know why he 's down here doing that . |
| 28 | Abruptly she turned away from him and walked into the apartment 's lounge , not consciously knowing why she did so , but driven by a need to get away from this man and the harshness of his condemnation , which should n't matter to her , because he did n't matter , but which nevertheless called up a churning confusion of resentment and frustration , as well as a new , unnerving hurt . |
| 29 | After the initial impetus has run out , he wrote , and before one has got in so far that it is easier to finish than to go back , it is then that it becomes hard to be sure of your footing , hard to know why you are doing what you are doing , hard to know if you are doing correctly what you are doing . |
| 30 | We think we know who we are , though we do n't quite know why we 're here , or how long we shall be forced to stay . |