Example sentences of "i [verb] no reason " in BNC.

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1 I know no reason why you should be . ’
2 I know no reason to be ashamed of it .
3 So hospitals had been home and although my stay at the Winchester one was not to be long , I saw no reason why it should n't function in exactly the same way .
4 That 's partly why I saw no reason to doubt they were related .
5 Everyone called him just ‘ James ’ , including not only the denizens of the sport but all the periphery of FI life , discotheques , tennis courts , night clubs , fancy hotels , good restaurants , etc. , and I saw no reason to do otherwise .
6 I saw no reason to tell her .
7 But before I could phrase the right remark , the question that would show her I saw no reason why in Conchis 's absence she should maintain the pretending to believe , she stood up .
8 I had been in the armed forces long enough to know that you waited a long time for everything and I saw no reason why a dental appointment should be any different ,
9 It was expensive , but as I was giving up my holiday I saw no reason why the department should n't pay .
10 I came aboard last night ready for an early start this morning and I saw no reason to change my plans . ’
11 I told the committee that when the colleges were firmly established under a central funding mechanism , I saw no reason why a funding council should not be considered .
12 The wind was only slightly stronger and the reservoir a little choppier , but most of the others were out already and managing fine , so I saw no reason why we could n't do the same .
13 There is no reason here , and I think no reason at all , to doubt that we take it of a cause and its effect that if or since the cause occurred then so did the effect .
14 Perhaps it helps if you hate the intended victim , but I had no reason to hate Dennis .
15 With so little fat in the diet I would n't have been surprised to receive reports of dryness , but I had no reason to worry .
16 I had no reason to think there might have been anything wrong .
17 I suppose I must have accepted that whatever my parents told me was good and right because I had no reason to think otherwise .
18 I had no reason for anger .
19 I did n't come to the church that night , I had no reason to .
20 I had no reason to think I was any different to any other child .
21 Now that we were the only hostages there I had no reason to worry , or prevaricate , over the consequences of an escape attempt .
22 You could say it was on the rebound but I had no reason to regret it .
23 I had no reason to suppose that the letter was anything but genuine — it was on the shipping company 's notepaper , and , insofar as such recollections are of any value , the signature at first glance was in keeping with the signature I remembered vaguely from my days at Upper Thames Street .
24 I had no reason to believe it was anything else . ’
25 I had no reason to take the jade . ’
26 ‘ In the first place , he threatened to sell me before I had made my Rangers debut , and I had no reason to believe that he was kidding , either .
27 ‘ I do n't underestimate the police , but I 've no reason to fear them .
28 I 've no reason to suppose the police will take an unnecessarily dramatic view of what , after all , was common adultery .
29 I have n't checked the erm er wording of today 's programme , but I 've no reason to assume that any mistakes will have been made on that .
30 But I 've no reason to tell you . ’
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