Example sentences of "why i [verb] [verb] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( And for those clever dicks asking why I 've given it a higher rating here than in the footy feature , it 's 'coz I did n't know it was on budget then . |
| 2 | That 's why I 've got it . |
| 3 | God knows where it 's from or why I 've got it , but I have |
| 4 | That 's why I kept putting it off to go to the doctor to get help 'cos I thought that , with me having kids , he would automatically ring the social services and tell them . |
| 5 | it sort of played about two or three minutes of music and then it went crrrkkkkkk for a few minutes , that 's why I kept hitting it . |
| 6 | No but that 's why I said wind it back . |
| 7 | I suppose that Kenneth Ingram , the editor , had not quite made up his mind about what I had written , which is the reason why I had forwarded it to Eliot . |
| 8 | But I could be wrong , too , that 's why I had to hand it over to you . ’ |
| 9 | I did n't enjoy deceiving Eric , but I knew it was necessary ; I could n't tell him I 'd done it because he would n't have understood why I 'd done it . |
| 10 | wardens and whatever , we do n't take the double yellow lines half seriously enough , erm and I think parking generally is , is something we 're very bad at and I 'm an occasional sinner in this respect too , but it , it did strike me the other day , erm paying a fifteen pound fine for parking on a single yellow line on a Sunday afternoon but I had n't noticed a sign that said I should n't , erm paying that fifteen pound fine in other words not having paid the six pound instant fine , I remember thinking that , really there 's , there was no way of talking back , and I had in fact attempted an explanation as to why I 'd done it , and explained the reasons why I thought this really was very overlookable on the side of the law , erm I do n't suppose they paid much attention to it , I do n't imagine giving it a moment 's thought at all . |
| 11 | For the first time ever film has become something real for me , and that 's why I go to see it , I want to get right inside it , so that I can really be alive . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ That 's why I want to alter it , ’ explained my mother wearily , too tired to argue . |
| 13 | Well they ai n't going to anyway does a two or three years , they 're old age pensioners , the house is too big for them cos they 're waiting for a place to move , that 's why I want to get it , get this hedge grow before the next one comes in |
| 14 | They asked me why I tried to do it — whether I was attention-seeking ! |
| 15 | The reason why I have thought it to be so definitely a first edition is usually only because the title verso states : ‘ First published 19XX ’ or some such wording , and there is no mention about a second or third impression , or , because there was a date on the title page and a blank on the title verso ; or the title verso had only the copyright date on it . |
| 16 | Cos I knew I 'd got enough to give you back , that 's why I wanted to borrow it |
| 17 | So I knew exactly why I wanted to conduct it . |
| 18 | That 's why I wanted to cover it with . |