Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] why [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Believe me , it wo n't happen — although I understand why you think it might . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ No , ’ said Aline , suddenly serious , ‘ it is only that the step from perfectly ordinary things into the miraculous seems to me so small , almost accidental , that I wonder why it astonishes you at all , or why you trouble to reason about it . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . |
| 5 | I 'm damned if I know why I did n't tell you in the first place , back when all this started happening . |
| 6 | But I know why I feel guilty . |
| 7 | You should n't have doubted the depth of my love for you but I understand why you felt so insecure . |
| 8 | Because I wonder why you have n't made many musicals — you seem to have the personality and the looks for it . |
| 9 | 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 . |