Example sentences of "why do i [verb] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why did I think it necessary to take such drastic measures ? |
| 2 | Why did I leave my normal , safe , lonely life for this ? |
| 3 | Why did I keep you awake last night ? |
| 4 | ‘ Why do I tell you all this , when you yourselves know what poverty is and what starvation is and what a lack of cash is about ? ’ |
| 5 | Why do I tell you all this ? |
| 6 | ‘ Why do I tell you this ? ’ he was saying confidently . |
| 7 | Why do I tell you this ? |
| 8 | So , I write , as well as this diary , some of my new novel ( a killer , this one , dealing as it does with post-Holocaust survivors ' guilt ; why do I set myself these agonies ? ) and start pinch-hitting for Gloria Hunniford on Radio Two . |