Example sentences of "why [vb base] i [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Why do I think you have n't come here with sparkling news ? ’ he said . |
| 2 | Why do I think I can do the job better than the other applicants ? |
| 3 | Why do I hide it ? |
| 4 | ‘ Why do I tell you this ? ’ he was saying confidently . |
| 5 | ‘ Why do I tell you all this , when you yourselves know what poverty is and what starvation is and what a lack of cash is about ? ’ |
| 6 | Why do I tell you all this ? |
| 7 | Why do I tell you this ? |
| 8 | Why do I feel he is the one who is dead , not Hilda . |
| 9 | Why do I owe you a letter ? |
| 10 | erm she 's got a family Margaret , she said she wo n't go there any more she I , I do n't know whether that er Jean does so Did n't she just cotton on quickly , she said do you know that , I said why do I want anybody wandering in my house and my kitchen , I said it 's a bit like it 's clean , why should I have somebody sort of , well I mean just because I 'm doing cooking , she said you would n't stop fancy one , you never know , she said well unless you want to stop at the , please do n't , you 'll let me still have your jam wo n't you ? |
| 11 | This old house , she thought , why do I love it so much ? |
| 12 | ‘ Oh , why do I love you now ? ’ she said softly . |
| 13 | So , I write , as well as this diary , some of my new novel ( a killer , this one , dealing as it does with post-Holocaust survivors ' guilt ; why do I set myself these agonies ? ) and start pinch-hitting for Gloria Hunniford on Radio Two . |
| 14 | Why do I do it ? |
| 15 | no pleasure and it 's no use so why do I do it |
| 16 | Why do I tear my heart by recalling our words then ? |
| 17 | And why do I take them on . |
| 18 | As I well know , the servant question is a constant subject for conversation in every drawing-room , so why do I resent it so much now ? |
| 19 | ‘ Why do I have my eyes shut by the way ? ’ |
| 20 | Why are they so special to me , these two , why do I remember that one kiss out of all the other romances I knew about there in that place on that particular Friday evening , why do I remember it , do I actually remember it all or just want to ? |
| 21 | Why do I get myself into things like this ? |
| 22 | Why do I need him to stay here when he weakens me in the way an earthquake undermines a city ? |
| 23 | He could ask why do I need it . |
| 24 | ‘ Why do I allow myself to be persuaded by this unscrupulous Welsh Levantine ? ’ he asked . |
| 25 | Why do I find it so hard to stick to ? |
| 26 | So what is the world of industry really like , and why do I find it so interesting ? |
| 27 | ( Why do I like it ? |
| 28 | Why , why do I ask you to come to the marathon ? |
| 29 | ‘ Why do I dislike him so much ? ’ he said to himself . |
| 30 | Why 've I got what ? |