Example sentences of "why do i [verb] [to-vb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why did I bother to tell her , only to have her shout at me , accuse me of being crazy to wake her up for that and tell me to keep my nose out of her brother 's business , especially since it was nothing to do with me . |
| 2 | Oh , God , why did I have to forget her wretched dinner party last night of all times ? |
| 3 | They are no longer the inconvenient , unwanted , useless and ‘ why did I have to get it now ’ things that they are commonly thought to be but they are actually the manifestation of each person 's attempt to get well , to maintain order and balance in the system . |
| 4 | Yeah but why do I have to take it back ? |
| 5 | Why do I have to give myself galloping shingles and chronic insomnia just so as the critic of the Evening Standard can say , ‘ Maureen Lipman is to the world of chat show hosts what Frank Bruno is to the world of petit-point ’ ? ’ |
| 6 | The Chancellor of the Exchequer , Kenneth Clarke tells the programme how she once asked : ‘ Why do I have to do everything in this Government ? ’ and no-one had the nerve to give her the obvious answer — she did n't have to do everything . |
| 7 | Why do I have to do it in the middle ? |
| 8 | ‘ Why do I have to see her ? |
| 9 | Why do I have to carry them around — why ca n't I just remember them ? |
| 10 | Why do I have to say it twice ? |
| 11 | ‘ Tell me , why do I have to pay my informants a quid or more a time while you have snouts who could buy and sell both of us and who rush to buy you drinks whenever you appear ? ’ |
| 12 | He asked himself " Why do I have to cosmeticize everything by translating it into painting ? |
| 13 | ‘ Why do I have to tell you ? ' |
| 14 | ‘ Then why do I need to see her ? ’ |
| 15 | Why do I need to get my ski pants on ? |