Example sentences of "reason i " in BNC.
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| 1 | For some reason I could n't , though I could see it was that which infuriated her more than anything . |
| 2 | For this reason I always emphasise that if , as you complete the final turn , you are happy that you have got the field ‘ made ’ , you should always open full airbrake for a few moments to check that you would undershoot with that setting . |
| 3 | But when Jem was born , there was no reason I could give him why not . |
| 4 | ‘ No reason I can see not to try the goulash . ’ |
| 5 | I looked up to the skies for no reason I can now remember , probably a spot of rain or a ray of sunshine . |
| 6 | I felt really devastated that we lost and for that reason I have been looking forward to playing in this event again . ’ |
| 7 | For this reason I am not averse from seeing a sharpening of sentencing policy within the present law . |
| 8 | Apart from liking London bands such as the Stones and the Kinks , for some reason I always had a working knowledge of the Small Faces . |
| 9 | That was the common ground between us ; the reason I got the job in the first place was because I could play The Faces ' ‘ Three Button Hand Me Down ’ . |
| 10 | One reason I have written this code of ethics is that no one has to take short cuts ever . |
| 11 | That 's one reason I do n't want Mr Jackson to send me to Combe Court — they would n't let me keep Satan . |
| 12 | ( For some reason I found myself in Charlbury last week — about 15 miles from where I thought I was , and ought to have been ! ) |
| 13 | ‘ For some reason I hate to lose , ’ said Chang , ‘ and that makes me more of a fighter . |
| 14 | I should write to Barry Humphries and explain that the reason I chose him was because I find his style of dressing very amusing and loud , different from everything else . ’ |
| 15 | So I was down there watching The Yardbirds and the English bands that were starting , and one time there was this band — for some reason I was there early and watching the sound check — with this blond guy who had very long blond hair , and knee-length sort of sued , fringed , Sherwood Forest , Robin Hood-looking boots , playing a bit of sax on stage . |
| 16 | That was n't the reason I gave her to David , but because she was a trained dancer and I thought she could help David get the simple steps of the minuet together , because he had difficulty in putting two steps together . |
| 17 | That 's the reason I wanted you on this . ’ |
| 18 | The only reason I shave at all is for other people . |
| 19 | I stayed there only a few days , and then for some reason I was removed to the Colegio Fray Luis de Leon , where I was given a somewhat larger and more comfortable room . |
| 20 | But for some reason I can not remember , it was impossible to get permission to ship the motor bike . |
| 21 | ‘ The reason I do what I do is because it 's something I ca n't help . |
| 22 | The reason I ask these things is that we will have to look ahead in case certain difficulties present themselves . ’ |
| 23 | The reason I cover my head is difficult to explain , because it 's always been that way . |
| 24 | I think the reason I wanted long hair was because all my dolls were Sindys and Pippas , and they all had long blonde hair , so that was what I wanted . |
| 25 | He is an old man who Mr Browning met in the burning streets of Florence last month half out of his wits and with nowhere to go his wife having thrown him out for what reason I do not know . |
| 26 | The trail seemed obvious enough , but my intended killer had come and gone that way — must have done — and if he should return for any reason I would n't want to meet him . |
| 27 | Yet straightaway I knew that something had changed , since that distant Moscow meeting and our encounter three years ago in Switzerland : for some reason I no longer felt desire stirring for her . |
| 28 | I think his success in getting them was part of the reason I did not get them . ’ |
| 29 | The reason I single out the engineers rather than the commentators or the producers is that they ensured the best pictures of the University Boat Race ever seen , as well as the usual smooth coverage of the Grand National . |
| 30 | The reason I was not able to attend the function was that , as chairman of the Parking Facility Appreciation Society , I was hosting an awards ceremony and luncheon at another hotel in London . |