Example sentences of "some 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 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 .
3 ( For some reason I found myself in Charlbury last week — about 15 miles from where I thought I was , and ought to have been ! )
4 ‘ For some reason I hate to lose , ’ said Chang , ‘ and that makes me more of a fighter .
5 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 .
6 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 .
7 But for some reason I can not remember , it was impossible to get permission to ship the motor bike .
8 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 .
9 After Corrections I joined Picture Group in 1981 and for some reason I ended up doing a lot of work for them in the ghettos , guns , drugs and things like that ; it became my forte and I came to feel at ease in this kind of environment .
10 My difficulty was further compounded by the fact that for some years my father and I had tended — for some reason I have never really fathomed — to converse less and less .
11 The German countess then began to speak , but I was at this point , for some reason I do not recollect , obliged to leave the drawing room for an extended period .
12 For some reason I was unable to fathom , all the girls in my class at secondary school headed for Aviemore each weekend with the singular task of losing their virginity .
13 We played practice rounds with Greg and for some reason I got talking and joking with him a lot .
14 They 're all rogues here but for some reason I like them , I 'm drawn to them .
15 For some reason I had put off starting on it and had even begun to convince myself that it would be better to leave it until next winter .
16 For some reason I waited for the answer to that one .
17 Nightbreed almost does , but fails for some reason I ca n't quite put my finger on .
18 When I look at a Picasso which is using a lot of colours and I look at something else , for some reason I know that Picasso is using colour well , and the other person is n't .
19 For some reason I did n't sleep well .
20 For some reason I did n't believe her when she said this ; I was n't convinced that she was being straight .
21 ‘ For some reason I became worried after about four days .
22 At least , that was the thought I had , but for some reason I must have found it very nice because I stayed for 30 years ! ’
23 For some reason I 'd thought I 'd be given just a sample in a small box — like those used to send out wedding cake .
24 When I look at a Picasso which is using a lot of colours and I look at something else , for some reason I know that Picasso is using colour well , and the other person is n't .
25 For some reason I never understood , ICAO was not sympathetic and refused to include the item on the agenda , so I decided to attack head-on .
26 Helen : For some reason I thought of it that they 've given me this monster of a baby that I was n't going to be able to love , and some woman came round — she may have been the hospital social worker or an almoner — and spent about an hour telling me how this was going to completely change the course of my life , I was going to be saddled with this child that would need twenty-four hour care and attention , and I had to think carefully about whether I wanted that for the rest of my life , i.e. was I going to keep him — virtually talking me into not keeping him , and I think the turning-point was that I felt there was something coming from the outside that was , sort of , really trying to urge me to reject him , and that I rebelled against it .
27 For some reason I felt detached from all that was going on , presumably because I was tired and drunk .
28 The Maxteds , for some reason I could never fathom , were ashamed of earning the money they did from the movies .
29 For some reason I have n't got to the bottom of yet , I have only just been informed of your arrival . ’
30 McDunn 's mouth twists down at the edges ; he sucks through his teeth , and for some reason I feel encouraged .
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