Example sentences of "i why [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What I why I was emphasizing earlier on how important it is to get all this over on the telephone . |
| 2 | It remains a mystery to me why we should have had to wait as long as this for a recital disc , and why it should not have appeared on one of the major companies ' labels ( all credit to Delos ) . |
| 3 | ‘ How long must I wait , ’ he said suddenly , ‘ till you tell me why we are here together ? ’ |
| 4 | Then she asked me why we treated social services staff differently from everyone else . |
| 5 | Can anyone tell me why we put it on the list of things we wanted to discuss then ? |
| 6 | ‘ If it 's not completely beyond you , ’ she said glacially , as they reached the hut , ‘ perhaps you could tell me why we are checking out fishing equipment ? ’ |
| 7 | Please could you tell me why we have an ‘ Express Basket Only ’ till . |
| 8 | Do n't ask me why they chose that game . |
| 9 | You tell me why they has Mac before Mains . |
| 10 | One day when we were vacationing in Santa Fe in 1943 my daughter , Jennifer , who was then 3 , asked me why she could not see the picture I had just taken of her . |
| 11 | I mean , why did n't she tell me the truth , I can understand you know , I could , you know , I could perha if she 'd just tell me the truth you know tell me why she 's u , what she 's up to and that . |
| 12 | I 'm not surprised , ’ he lied , ‘ but will someone tell me why he 's liked so much ? ’ |
| 13 | How is it that you do n't know and in your letter to me you said this trust did not know where that money had been withdrawn at the same time Andrew director of Eastern Arts was quite happy to write to me to tell me why he was quite happy to tell the press over the phone why how is it the trust did n't know ? |
| 14 | In the silent happiness that was life in la Sologne , Jean-Claude explained to me why he was not working on Frontenac 's libretto and how he would not do so for any amount of money . |
| 15 | Then he showed me why he needed me . |
| 16 | " Beats me why he had to stick his neck out . |
| 17 | ‘ Just tell me why he 's after me , Bill , that 's all . ’ |
| 18 | It escapes me why he has n't had a spell in the reserves to shake him up a bit . |
| 19 | ‘ Remind me why I am going , ’ the minister would say on the outward aeroplane , and sometimes ‘ Remind me why I went ’ on the way back . |
| 20 | ‘ Remind me why I am going , ’ the minister would say on the outward aeroplane , and sometimes ‘ Remind me why I went ’ on the way back . |
| 21 | ‘ I saw my bank manager at the end of last year and she asked me why I was spending so much on food . |
| 22 | People are always asking me why I dress strangely , or saying , ‘ What does your mother think of your outfits ? ’ |
| 23 | But if you 're that clever , then , Master Fox , you tell me why I 'll not take you . ’ |
| 24 | After all those years it was at last made clear to me why I had this fear . |
| 25 | Back in the changing room at the end of the period Alec Davidson casually asked me why I always put my shoes inside my satchel during the gym lesson . |
| 26 | ‘ When my friends asked me why I left the ministry , I told them the focus was too narrow . |
| 27 | My dates used to ask me why I was always hanging out with faggots . ’ |
| 28 | ‘ While we were being taken there , one of the gunmen asked me why I was hanging out with white guys . |
| 29 | Merton 's clothes on this show had by now reached previously unfathomed depths : shrunk , unironed Magic Roundabout T-shirts and lumberjack shirts without washing instructions ( on the one occasion Merton wore a smart suit , he stopped the show mid-way through and exclaimed : ‘ Is n't anyone going to ask me why I 'm looking so smart today ? ’ ) . |
| 30 | Perhaps she could tell me why I was bleeding . |