Example sentences of "n't [verb] why [pron] should " in BNC.
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| 1 | But this does n't explain why we should think it is the sort that is invoked in an argument from analogy . |
| 2 | But , ridiculous or not , it did n't explain why she should feel so cheated . |
| 3 | 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 |
| 4 | ‘ Well , I ca n't think why we should be praying for them , ’ Benny said with mock indignation . |
| 5 | His look made me feel guilty , though I could n't think why it should . |
| 6 | ‘ I ca n't think why you should want to buy any more clothes — you look delightful in that dress . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I do n't know why one should know about jade , ’ said Ivy . |
| 8 | I do n't I do n't know why they should n't . |
| 9 | ‘ Yes , well , I do n't know why anybody should have planted trees just here , ’ said Chris Growcott , looking disparagingly at the weedy wood nearby . |
| 10 | ‘ Well , I do n't know why anyone should go to that trouble . |
| 11 | Now Chesarynth 's throat worked — she had n't known it was going to , did n't know why it should — and her own voice scratched the poor air that smelt only of hospitals . |
| 12 | I do n't know why I should be ; it was quite a reasonable assumption and I ca n't begin to imagine how anyone would dare to whip two manuscripts like that out of sight — I 'd never have the nerve . |
| 13 | I do n't know why I should burden you with this and make an exhibition of myself in front of eveN– one . ’ |
| 14 | Would you bother , editor of Penthouse here , I mean I do n't know why , I do n't know why I should think you know what women want , I guess you know what men want ? |
| 15 | I trust you although I do n't know why I should . |
| 16 | ‘ I do n't know why you should want me , I 'm no good , but you do . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ I do n't know why you should be so thin , ’ her mother complained in disappointment . |
| 18 | ‘ I do n't know why you should be so dark , ’ her mother said with irritation , accidentally scraping Martha 's cheek with her long , scarlet thumbnail . |
| 19 | ‘ I do n't know why you should think that . ’ |
| 20 | No I know what you 're saying and I do n't know why you should |
| 21 | ‘ I do n't know why you should have led me to believe he was some kind of old buffer . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ I do n't know why you should think I 'd object to a frisky man , military or otherwise . |
| 23 | ‘ I did n't say I wanted to go to bed with you , but that I wanted to make love to you ; a subtle difference , ’ he chided , ‘ and I do n't know why you should look so disbelieving — you have a lovely supple body … |
| 24 | ‘ I do n't know why you should be surprised . |
| 25 | ‘ I do n't know why you should feel gratitude , ’ Sophie said coolly . |
| 26 | A lot of the recruits found the orders process hard to take and did n't understand why they should do as they were told . |
| 27 | ‘ But I do n't understand why she should feel … ’ |
| 28 | She does n't understand why he should n't have to serve his sentence , when the sentence of fear he helped to impose on her , will be with her for life . |
| 29 | She does n't understand why he should n't have to serve his sentence , when the sentence of fear he helped to impose on her , will be with her for life . |
| 30 | 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 . |