Example sentences of "why [pers pn] [vb past] to " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is why I stooped to traffic with the Man-greedy Frost Giantess , and why I intrigued with her to drive out the Gruagach and why I helped the Gruagach to vanquish the High King and take Tara . ’ |
| 2 | That 's why I wrote to you about Herr Sussmeyer and enclosed the pubic hair , though I did n't realise it at the time . |
| 3 | If you care to try building that newsletter with PagePlus , however , you might see why I came to those conclusions . |
| 4 | And what 's why I came to Geneva . |
| 5 | That is why I came to you for advice . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ How do you know that was why I came to you ? |
| 7 | ‘ But that was n't why I came to Slane . ’ |
| 8 | ‘ That 's why I came to Oxford , you see — about Puddephat 's disappearance . ’ |
| 9 | That 's why I came to this veterinary congress . |
| 10 | " I 'm fine — I just felt a bit sleepy and chilly , that was why I went to bed so early . " |
| 11 | I will never understand why I went to Cookham on my first sentence — I got a YP [ young prisoner 's sentence ] and do n't know why I never went to borstal — they still had them then . |
| 12 | ‘ I care about your good opinion of me , so I want to explain why I went to Bath that night . |
| 13 | I have to say that I know for definite that the force at that time only possessed two shields , er we kept one shield in the South of the county at and one shield North of the county and and hence that is why I went to the headquarters in the morning . |
| 14 | This is the reason why I said to the managers of the Berlin Philharmonic in 1955 , I will have the orchestra for my lifetime , otherwise I will not sign the contract . |
| 15 | So why I said to you on the telephone as you say it 's not what you say it 's the way you say it . |
| 16 | That 's why I said to you |
| 17 | which is why I said to him that yeah he can have a new computer , he can get what he , you know what he wants as long as I get my bedroom done |
| 18 | That 's why I said to you do n't feed them titbits at the table because it 's so easy |
| 19 | Well that 's why I said to you , and , and Laura , er to James , no way would we get ourselves in that position for you you have your lives to lead |
| 20 | ‘ This is why I had to be so careful , Meredith , ’ he said tightly . |
| 21 | That 's why I had to . |
| 22 | That is why I objected to the assurance with which the hon. Member for Ryedale was arguing that this would happen . |
| 23 | ‘ There are two reasons why I wanted to be sure that I met up with you after school today . ’ |
| 24 | One officer , a really nice screw , a senior officer called Mrs [ R ] , understood why I wanted to be moved off the pregnant house and got me moved the next day . |
| 25 | ‘ Why she returned to Ireland , do you mean ? ’ |
| 26 | Her accent reminded Paula of Louise — perhaps that was why she warmed to her in spite of the fact that she was so awe-inspiring . |
| 27 | If , thanks to you , my daughter comes to any harm , I 'll make sure the world knows every detail of how and why she came to be in danger . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ That 's why she went to Meath . |
| 29 | I do n't know why she spoke to me , what was special about me , why she did n't ignore me the way she ignored everyone else . |
| 30 | That more likely is that you realised well nigh immediately that it was Mr , that 's why you said to Mr I 'm arresting you for harbouring an escapee . |