Example sentences of "[vb past] i why i " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I saw my bank manager at the end of last year and she asked me why I was spending so much on food . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | ‘ When my friends asked me why I left the ministry , I told them the focus was too narrow . |
| 4 | ‘ While we were being taken there , one of the gunmen asked me why I was hanging out with white guys . |
| 5 | Nellie rounded on me angrily and asked me why I wanted to know . |
| 6 | A friend of mine once asked me why I always sought to heighten experiences , and could not be satisfied with the middle ground . |
| 7 | Also , some cheeky oik ( ca n't remember his name ) asked me why I never put any of my personal scores in this section . |
| 8 | When they asked me why I did n't have a British passport that 's when the immigration problems started . |
| 9 | This woman , an assistant governor , I think , asked me why I did it . |
| 10 | They asked me why I tried to do it — whether I was attention-seeking ! |
| 11 | She asked me why I tried to commit suicide . |
| 12 | I got there and they asked me why I did n't get there sooner . |
| 13 | Instead , she asked me why I thought I drank so much , and I told her why I thought I did . |
| 14 | My father asked me why I said these awful things . |
| 15 | The bells have far more impact , and tempos are more extreme — to the benefit of the first two fast movements , but to the detriment I think of the following two slow ones ( which reminded me why I had not responded more positively first time round ) . |