Example sentences of "i [verb] why [pers pn] " in BNC.
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31 | ‘ I know why you 're here . |
32 | ‘ I know why you kept that letter and you know I know . ’ |
33 | ‘ I know why you are here . |
34 | ‘ I know why you are here , Hugh , ’ he said sharply . |
35 | Marguerite 's rush of words almost drowned out Alain 's harsh intake of breath , but he said nothing at all as Marguerite went on , ‘ Now I know why you could not stay longer . |
36 | I know that you want me , and I know why you would marry me . |
37 | He said , squeakily , ‘ I know why you went there . |
38 | ‘ Now I know why you asked me to come with you , ’ Robbie complained a little later , as she struggled back along the towpath with her share of the load . |
39 | ‘ I know why you do this now , Caro my sweet . ’ |
40 | ‘ I know why you 're here , ’ he said . |
41 | And so he ignored her ‘ no ’ and ended with , ‘ So you see , I know why you do n't want to work . |
42 | ‘ I know why you 're here and I might tell you I 've had one hell of an afternoon . ’ |
43 | ‘ I know why you 're doing this , ’ she reproached scornfully . |
44 | ‘ I know why you are here . |
45 | he must of done Arthur , he moved and pulled everything , he 's ever such a good boy , he 's says to ya , I do n't know why he says but I can eat as much as I can , said I never get fat , I said I know why you do n't get fat |
46 | Now I know why it was called the Strategy Unit . |
47 | So now I know why it 's on my shopping list . |
48 | Try to keep it as broad as you can to do the well alright then I know why it is , what 's in it for me . |
49 | Oh I know why it 's because of the voice |
50 | Oh I know why it 's because of the voice |
51 | ‘ I think I know why I flunked my exams , ’ I said between huge mouthfuls . |
52 | But there is no issue for which simply to deduce from socially prescribed principles combined with factual propositions would be anything but a mechanical conformity ; I know why I should do the prescribed thing only if , at least at my moments of fullest awareness from other viewpoints , I feel moved to do so . |
53 | But I know why I feel guilty . |
54 | ‘ I know why I did it ! |
55 | I 'm damned if I know why I did n't tell you in the first place , back when all this started happening . |
56 | " but I know what 's going on , and I know why I 'm here and why you 're here . |
57 | I know why I did n't |
58 | Oh she said I 'm ever so sorry I was miles away , I said yeah we 've just said that , I said you never even heard us , so I said what you , you ca n't understand why you pay too much tax , she said no I know why I pay too much tax she said but more she said I used to be in business she said and I 'm on basic rate of tax , so I said yeah I 've had some of that , so she said what basic rate of tax , I said yeah where I 've come so , it 's a funny thing she said , I was saying to Carol the other day , she said erm , she said what a difference them blokes you work with , so I said yeah , I said I 'm always saying that about these so she said oh she said er |
59 | I know why I 've got one . |
60 | Of course I know why she says things like that : it 's to make me feel bourgeois , provincial , conventional , inhibited — the complete little woman ! |