Example sentences of "[verb] i why [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Then she asked me why we treated social services staff differently from everyone else . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ I saw my bank manager at the end of last year and she asked me why I was spending so much on food . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | ‘ When my friends asked me why I left the ministry , I told them the focus was too narrow . |
| 6 | ‘ While we were being taken there , one of the gunmen asked me why I was hanging out with white guys . |
| 7 | Nellie rounded on me angrily and asked me why I wanted to know . |
| 8 | A friend of mine once asked me why I always sought to heighten experiences , and could not be satisfied with the middle ground . |
| 9 | Also , some cheeky oik ( ca n't remember his name ) asked me why I never put any of my personal scores in this section . |
| 10 | When they asked me why I did n't have a British passport that 's when the immigration problems started . |
| 11 | This woman , an assistant governor , I think , asked me why I did it . |
| 12 | They asked me why I tried to do it — whether I was attention-seeking ! |
| 13 | She asked me why I tried to commit suicide . |
| 14 | I got there and they asked me why I did n't get there sooner . |
| 15 | Instead , she asked me why I thought I drank so much , and I told her why I thought I did . |
| 16 | My father asked me why I said these awful things . |
| 17 | Something about the bat itself , the resined or saddlesoaped grain of its surface , offered unwelcome clarity , reminding me why I had stayed away from Scheldt 's and the sweet black chicks and their bargain blowjobs . |
| 18 | ‘ It beats me why you want to fly with us at all , Gabriel , ’ Rogers said . |
| 19 | Beats me why you would want to know though … unless you 're a secret hammers fan ! |
| 20 | " Beats me why he had to stick his neck out . |
| 21 | ‘ Clare , you never told me why you left the convent . ’ |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | ‘ You still have n't told me why you 've walked on my property — and what have you to do with Rose ? ’ |
| 24 | Then he showed me why he needed me . |
| 25 | ‘ How long must I wait , ’ he said suddenly , ‘ till you tell me why we are here together ? ’ |
| 26 | You tell me why they has Mac before Mains . |
| 27 | ‘ Only after you tell me why your arm 's in a sling , ’ she said . |
| 28 | Just tell me why it had to be me who was stupid enough to help you last night ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ Just tell me why he 's after me , Bill , that 's all . ’ |
| 30 | But if you 're that clever , then , Master Fox , you tell me why I 'll not take you . ’ |