Example sentences of "i [vb past] why [pron] [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In preparing my speech I recalled ( as the reader also may ) the occasion during my first watch in Tartar when the first lieutenant had shown me the various instruments on the bridge , and that when I asked why one had a canvas cover , he had said , ‘ Oh , that 's the Mountbatten station-keeping gear , and we keep it covered because the captain finds it quite useless . ’ |
| 2 | When I asked why they chose me , George said , because you are the President of the Oxford Drama Club/my bank manager/my oldest friend/the boss/have known us for twenty-five years/you are the tallest/you have the loudest voice/ , and Martha said , because you have known Annabelle since she was fourteen/a baby/a child/all her life/at school/at college/you tell the best jokes . |
| 3 | ‘ I asked why you had to be going . ’ |
| 4 | I guessed why she had brought me round into the shadow . |
| 5 | You 're right , are n't you Yes , once he got going , I knew why I 'd been holding back . |
| 6 | Yet it was then that I knew why I had come , for just distinguishable to me against the background of reciting voices , I heard my own voice . |
| 7 | ‘ When I saw you again I knew why I had waited so long to marry . |
| 8 | I understood why I had been urged to hurry . |
| 9 | I mean I , I enquired why it went to the District Council Environment and Planning Committee rather than the Coastal Planning Committee and the one reason I was told was speed , they could get the thing brought up there that much more quickly . |
| 10 | They keep questioning me , always asking where I was what I did why I did it , did all of them where I was who I was with who am I trying to kid why do n't I just admit I did it well if I did n't do all these things , who did ? |
| 11 | I said why she said er she , he said ooh , she said oh hallo and he said erm hallo how are you ? |
| 12 | ‘ I wondered why they 'd taken off together , ’ the DDI said eventually . |
| 13 | ‘ You look well , Lili , ’ he remarked , also without warmth , and I wondered why they had ever been friends since they did n't like each other . |
| 14 | I wondered why they did n't pause to stretch or joke . |
| 15 | I wondered why we did n't do a bit more for them . |
| 16 | I wondered why he had said that , and I understood . |
| 17 | Although I have to confess I wondered why he kept telling me about you . |
| 18 | Idly I wondered why he insisted on them being cooked sunny side up . |
| 19 | There were many times when I wondered why I had agreed to research and write this book — it was anything but straightforward — more like doing a jig-saw puzzle without seeing the picture . |
| 20 | I wondered why I had n't thought of this before . |
| 21 | I wondered why I had n't had the wit to take the starveling cat to Mother Joseph as soon as I knew that Nour might kill it . |
| 22 | At times I wondered why I had ever embarked upon my personal research study . |
| 23 | I know , I wondered why you brought the Gazette , I thought strange ! |
| 24 | ‘ I wondered why you felt the need to act like some outraged maiden aunt . ’ |
| 25 | I know , I wondered why you 'd left it on table . |
| 26 | ‘ I wondered why you wanted to speak to me . |
| 27 | ‘ Well , ’ Rachel chose her words carefully , ‘ I wondered why you talked about it . |
| 28 | ‘ I wondered why you sat next to me , when you obviously had the field to play . |
| 29 | I wondered why she wanted us both . |