Example sentences of "i [vb mod] n't [verb] why [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | AND , ALTHOUGH I 'M FLATTERED THAT THE SUN IS TIPPING ME TO REPLACE CHRIS PATTEN AT CONSERVATIVE CENTRAL OFFICE , I MUST N'T FORGET WHY I ORIGINALLY DECIDED TO BACK THE TORIES IN THIS ELECTION … |
| 2 | ‘ No it 's not , ’ I said feebly , although I could n't think why it was n't . |
| 3 | Driving home , though , I could n't think why it was n't worse . |
| 4 | His look made me feel guilty , though I could n't think why it should . |
| 5 | He often teased his mother and I could n't think why he bothered , for she seldom responded . |
| 6 | I could n't remember why we had decided not to go there . |
| 7 | It was so obvious I could n't imagine why I had n't seen it before . |
| 8 | This seemed to me so true that I could n't imagine why it was not universally acknowledged . |
| 9 | I could n't understand why they bothered to take him on , because he had n't won anything for years . |
| 10 | I could n't understand why I 'd not been killed when there were so many others who … |
| 11 | I could n't understand why I should want to leave the relative safety of the house in Fulham to walk into a hornets ' nest of horrified disapproval and rejection . |
| 12 | I could n't understand why he did this because his rebellious hair always sprang up like bristles on a brush and never stayed flat like Dad 's . |
| 13 | ‘ I could n't understand why he 'd given up a job he clearly loved to come back here . ’ |
| 14 | I could n't understand why she could n't share her diary . |
| 15 | ‘ I could n't understand why you never showed yourself when you were interrogating me . |
| 16 | You were so stubborn about it , you just kept saying everything was all right , and it was n't , it was getting worse all the time , and I could n't understand why you could n't see it . |
| 17 | I could n't understand why you did n't do that in the first place . |
| 18 | Well I could n't see why he could n't ! |
| 19 | She 'd paid up before so I could n't see why she was refusing to do it again . |
| 20 | She had just received Holy Communion , of course , and her face was radiant and pure — I ca n't explain why I did it , but I could n't help kissing her . |
| 21 | ‘ Well , I ca n't think why we should be praying for them , ’ Benny said with mock indignation . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'm cold , ’ she complained , ‘ I ca n't think why we came up here . ’ |
| 23 | ‘ I ca n't think why we did n't hold the ball outside , ’ said Ayling coming in with newspapers under his arm . |
| 24 | No , no , I ca n't think why we ca n't find . |
| 25 | Ca n't think why and I ca n't think why they should think they must n't go on Pan Am cos Pan Am are a target |
| 26 | ‘ It 's going to be all over town — in fact , I ca n't think why it is n't already — and your mother will be the last to know . ’ |
| 27 | I ca n't think why it did n't occur to me at the time . |
| 28 | I ca n't think why it did n't occur to me before . ’ |
| 29 | ‘ I ca n't think why I am telling you all this , ’ she said , embarrassed . |
| 30 | I ca n't think why I 'm making this sandwich for you . |