Example sentences of "[vb mod] [verb] why i " in BNC.
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| 1 | Now I should explain why I believe that Cornwall is a special case and why so many local people argued in these terms . |
| 2 | ‘ You must know why I have come , Neil , ’ she said , and she held out her arms to him . |
| 3 | As soon as she was seated , she said in a voice that was hard and tense , ‘ You must know why I 've come . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I knew you were n't going to believe me , but it seemed only fair that you should know why I agreed to marry you . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ You must see why I ca n't be awfully impressed . ’ |
| 6 | And first I must say why I need to make this digression . |
| 7 | I do n't believe it for one minute , personally , but this is the , this is the theory , and I 'll explain why I do n't believe it , later . |
| 8 | If you 've ever used one of these you 'll know why I use the other one . |
| 9 | And then we 'll discuss why I hate him , which invariably is because I feel threatened . |
| 10 | If you care to try building that newsletter with PagePlus , however , you might see why I came to those conclusions . |
| 11 | I reckon now you might see why I did n't want to come home . |
| 12 | ‘ Well , now perhaps you 'll understand why I have no intention of giving up anything , ’ Jenna stated . |
| 13 | Then maybe you 'll understand why I 'm not at all worried . ’ |
| 14 | Well , now you know her story , and you 'll understand why I did n't want it to happen to you . |
| 15 | But if you open that , you 'll see why I was unhappy at first . ’ |
| 16 | Well y you 'll appreciate why I 've asked the question er Mr , because they supported it , they made representations in support at the consultation draft stage , they did n't object at the deposit stage , and yet today , as I understand your evidence , you 're telling us that they do object to site D thirty nine being shown within the inset . |
| 17 | I 'm sorry you had to worry about me because I would n't let you know what was going on in my mind , but I hope now you 'll realise why I kept silent for so long . |
| 18 | ‘ And then he 'll ask why I 'm not there … ’ he began , but the words were choked off . |
| 19 | ‘ Look , if you knew my gran , you 'd know why I 'm so certain about this , ’ she said earnestly , knowing this was her chance to persuade him . |
| 20 | When I left journalism college to come to Woodworker , few of my colleagues could understand why I should want to join such a specialist magazine . |
| 21 | No-one could understand why I was working with such an impossible lady . |
| 22 | People could see why I wanted to work in that way and did what they could to make it possible . |
| 23 | I took singing lessons , too , and I actually sang in a couple of films , but if you saw the films you 'd see why I 'm not in musicals . |
| 24 | ‘ You may wonder why I 'm following you . |
| 25 | This is quite a long way down for coins of this period and it would explain why I was n't finding anything earlier . |
| 26 | That would explain why I did n't recognize her . |
| 27 | ‘ Which would explain why I keep bumping into things , I guess . ’ |
| 28 | I shall show why I do not think — it is not what my officials think , but what I think — that I would be right to use the discretion which he correctly said lies with me . |
| 29 | I 'd like to propose the Labour motion because I think that this actually , these issues are very important and in a moment I shall say why I think they are . |
| 30 | I hope he will understand why I , and many other Labour supporters in Scotland , will enthusiastically ignore such a clarion call to inaction and resignation . |