Example sentences of "i [verb] why they " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ No , no , we are not brave , we are very frightened ’ , was the inevitable response when I asked why they always fled . |
| 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 | Blind with rage : I know why they say blind — I could n't see him , I could n't see anything — I did n't think what to say , I was just saying it , shouting it , fury pouring out of me like hot tar — my hands were on my hips and clinging on so as to stop myself tearing his straggly hair out , gouging his eyes out , strangling him till his voice went gurgle-croak and his body went limp . |
| 4 | I was puzzled at first but now I know why they do it , why they stretch their throats like that . |
| 5 | I know why they tried to kill you . |
| 6 | She says , as an adult , looking back , I know why they did n't want me . |
| 7 | So now I know why they tell you fill this as you go along cos you forget what |
| 8 | Now I understand why they paid Macaulay Culkin $3 million — he earned it . |
| 9 | Now I knew why they were so sad , and why they were poor . |
| 10 | I wonder why they linger . |
| 11 | I wonder why they do all this in Christmas week ? |
| 12 | ‘ I wonder why they got you . |
| 13 | " Now , I wonder why they 're following the lad ? " |
| 14 | I wonder why they have n't burnt . |
| 15 | ‘ I wonder why they elected him . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I wonder why they left all this ? ’ he said . |
| 17 | I wonder why they stopped ? |
| 18 | I wonder why they call it Hunger Hill ma ? |
| 19 | I wonder why they call Hunger Hill ? |
| 20 | I wonder why they reduced them then , if they put them in the new catalogue , oh there 's a slight difference ai n't there , there 's no bow |
| 21 | I wonder why they put that car down there tonight ? |
| 22 | I said why they 'd come for her would n't they ? |
| 23 | There was quite a crowd at the bank of the loch and I wondered why they were all there , whether they were genuinely concerned about you or perhaps that death had some awful attraction for them . |
| 24 | ‘ 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 . |
| 25 | ‘ I wondered why they 'd taken off together , ’ the DDI said eventually . |
| 26 | I wondered why they did n't pause to stretch or joke . |
| 27 | Do you know I wondered why they were suddenly |