Example sentences of "why i [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is why I sent for you , to be truthful . |
| 2 | Leith was still gasping at that when he added , ‘ To get to the reason why I sent for you — ’ |
| 3 | A lot of people wonder why I opted for hairdressing as they do n't realise how much goes into the job . |
| 4 | I think that 's why I got through life as well as I did . |
| 5 | a whole bowl of clean water over his nappy so if you wonder why I got through an extra nappy cos it was n't |
| 6 | ‘ Because if you try to do anything so misguided I might have to give a Press interview to explain just why I got under your skin so badly ! ’ |
| 7 | Did I tell you why I got with that girl |
| 8 | 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 . ’ |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | I 'm not sure why I walked into the trees . |
| 11 | so that he would n't upset himself by barking , that 's why I tapped on the window when I saw you . |
| 12 | But so far , that 's why I chitted at him this morning about that coal because I 've been using this all morning , I 've not been lighting fire till between one and three o'clock . |
| 13 | That 's why I insisted on locking the bar . |
| 14 | That 's why I waited in the square . |
| 15 | If you care to try building that newsletter with PagePlus , however , you might see why I came to those conclusions . |
| 16 | And what 's why I came to Geneva . |
| 17 | That is why I came to you for advice . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ How do you know that was why I came to you ? |
| 19 | ‘ But that was n't why I came to Slane . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ That 's why I came to Oxford , you see — about Puddephat 's disappearance . ’ |
| 21 | That 's why I came to this veterinary congress . |
| 22 | ‘ You have n't even asked me directly why I went for a walk with Flo this evening , for instance . |
| 23 | Erm which is why I went for the downstairs cos I had a choice of either . |
| 24 | They 're not tight , that 's why I went for a one cos I thought it 's like a trainer in n it ? |
| 25 | " I 'm fine — I just felt a bit sleepy and chilly , that was why I went to bed so early . " |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | ‘ I care about your good opinion of me , so I want to explain why I went to Bath that night . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | Was it because I was out of reach of the prying eyes of the men in my family and their questions about my comings and goings , and far from my mother 's interrogations about why I slept on my stomach , or why I took so long in the bathroom ? |
| 30 | That 's why I slept with you . |