Example sentences of "i why [pron] " 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 | A LABOUR MP WAS EXPLAINING to me why there are a number of his colleagues who are sponsored as MPs by the National Union of Railwaymen , but do not appear to have any connections with trains , railway junctions or signal boxes . |
| 13 | If the hon. Gentleman is so concerned about law and order , perhaps he could explain to me why his party refuses to support the Prevention of Terrorism ( Temporary Provisions ) Act , which was introduced initially by a Labour Government and is now opposed by a Labour Opposition . |
| 14 | Peking he said can you tell me why his room was larger than mine |
| 15 | ‘ Perhaps you can tell me why my daughter does n't come to see me ? |
| 16 | If not , ’ I continued sarcastically , ‘ can you tell me why my purse is in your hand ? ’ |
| 17 | I 'm not surprised , ’ he lied , ‘ but will someone tell me why he 's liked so much ? ’ |
| 18 | How is it that you do n't know and in your letter to me you said this trust did not know where that money had been withdrawn at the same time Andrew director of Eastern Arts was quite happy to write to me to tell me why he was quite happy to tell the press over the phone why how is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 ? |
| 19 | 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 . |
| 20 | Then he showed me why he needed me . |
| 21 | " Beats me why he had to stick his neck out . |
| 22 | ‘ Just tell me why he 's after me , Bill , that 's all . ’ |
| 23 | It escapes me why he has n't had a spell in the reserves to shake him up a bit . |
| 24 | SIR — Although like most MPs I accept the principle that a majority of one is enough , I find it difficult to explain to my Southend Conservative supporters who have phoned me why your paper takes the view that there was a 4.43 per cent swing from Conservative to Labour in our constituency . |
| 25 | ‘ Only after you tell me why your arm 's in a sling , ’ she said . |
| 26 | Can you tell me why your song book has to be on the floor and the music on the floor behind it ? |
| 27 | ‘ 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 . |
| 28 | ‘ 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 . |
| 29 | ‘ I saw my bank manager at the end of last year and she asked me why I was spending so much on food . |
| 30 | People are always asking me why I dress strangely , or saying , ‘ What does your mother think of your outfits ? ’ |