Example sentences of "[conj] i [vb base] 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 | ‘ 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 . |
| 3 | I 'm damned if I know why I did n't tell you in the first place , back when all this started happening . |
| 4 | But I know why I feel guilty . |
| 5 | You should n't have doubted the depth of my love for you but I understand why you felt so insecure . |
| 6 | Because I wonder why you have n't made many musicals — you seem to have the personality and the looks for it . |