Example sentences of "i wonder [Wh adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wonder why ? |
| 2 | ‘ But sometimes I wonder why . |
| 3 | I wonder why this is ? |
| 4 | I wonder why ? |
| 5 | The follow-on of that being ‘ I wonder why I was n't as I 'm such an awful person ’ , and hence the search for help with his past . |
| 6 | I wonder why the right people are so rarely asked to help until it 's too late ? |
| 7 | And I wonder why that is ? ’ |
| 8 | This route is dubbed ‘ The Most Enjoyable ’ , but I wonder why . |
| 9 | ‘ I wonder why you keep going to sea when you know it 's dangerous ’ ( quoted by B. J. Wagner , 1976 , p. 59 ) , muses Mrs. Heathcote to a class of children who are into a drama about pirates — and she from then on carries at the back of her mind the possibility that through the subsequent experience these children might understand something of what drives people to face dangers . |
| 10 | Now Dorothy 's ‘ I wonder why you keep going to sea … ’ detaches itself from simple classification ; its very phrasing has emotional overtones . |
| 11 | Now I wonder why ? ’ |
| 12 | I wonder why they linger . |
| 13 | It is a river I know well , but a stretch I have never fished before , and when I see it I wonder why . |
| 14 | I wonder why he 's always so bloody vindictive ? ’ |
| 15 | I wonder why things always happened on a Monday , but it seemed to be the case . |
| 16 | I wonder why people hung this sort of thing on the wall to be looked at day after day . |
| 17 | The former chairman of the Independent Appeals Tribunal said to me recently ‘ I wonder why it is that no benefit starts from the premises ‘ What can we do to help ? ’ but always seems to be ‘ How can we stop the bastards getting away with it ? ' ’ — coarse , but true ! |
| 18 | ‘ I wonder why nobody comes ? |
| 19 | ‘ I wonder why he did n't speak of the Friar ? ’ |
| 20 | Teacher : I wonder why some things float and others sink ? |
| 21 | Starting in your computer room , you can enter separate ‘ zones ’ at will using a Star Trekstyle transporter ( I wonder why it still works with the electricity off ? ) . |
| 22 | I wonder why you are reading this chapter ? |
| 23 | I wonder why ? |
| 24 | I wonder why ? |
| 25 | ‘ I wonder why that is ? ’ she said to Enoch . |
| 26 | I wonder why they do all this in Christmas week ? |
| 27 | ‘ I wonder why they got you . |
| 28 | I wonder why the newspapers get hysterical over 20 deaths attributed to Ecstasy , when two kids die every week as a result of sniffing solvents ? |
| 29 | I wonder why there is so much crime or is it the world we live in which makes people so greedy ? |
| 30 | Because I wonder why you have n't made many musicals — you seem to have the personality and the looks for it . |