Example sentences of "i [verb] why [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ First let me explain why I have to go to Athens . |
| 2 | When I asked why they chose me , George said , because you are the President of the Oxford Drama Club/my bank manager/my oldest friend/the boss/have known us for twenty-five years/you are the tallest/you have the loudest voice/ , and Martha said , because you have known Annabelle since she was fourteen/a baby/a child/all her life/at school/at college/you tell the best jokes . |
| 3 | ‘ I asked why you had to be going . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ I asked why you want to know . ’ |
| 5 | I do n't know why I mean why I like Polo . |
| 6 | I guessed why she had brought me round into the shadow . |
| 7 | So now I know why they tell you fill this as you go along cos you forget what |
| 8 | I was puzzled at first but now I know why they do it , why they stretch their throats like that . |
| 9 | She says , as an adult , looking back , I know why they did n't want me . |
| 10 | I know why they tried to kill you . |
| 11 | Blind with rage : I know why they say blind — I could n't see him , I could n't see anything — I did n't think what to say , I was just saying it , shouting it , fury pouring out of me like hot tar — my hands were on my hips and clinging on so as to stop myself tearing his straggly hair out , gouging his eyes out , strangling him till his voice went gurgle-croak and his body went limp . |
| 12 | ‘ I know why he went there . ’ |
| 13 | I know why he likes the photographing business . |
| 14 | I mean what he 's do I , I know why he 's done it . |
| 15 | Ah , I think I know why he mentioned that then |
| 16 | Now I know why he whacked me , I would whack me too . |
| 17 | ‘ Now I know why you asked me to come with you , ’ Robbie complained a little later , as she struggled back along the towpath with her share of the load . |
| 18 | He said , squeakily , ‘ I know why you went there . |
| 19 | ‘ I know why you kept that letter and you know I know . ’ |
| 20 | And I said , ‘ I know why you picked the name Roger Short , because Shorty Rogers did an album once on a label he was n't supposed to , and changed his name from Shorty Rogers to Roger Short . ’ |
| 21 | ‘ I know why you do this now , Caro my sweet . ’ |
| 22 | And so he ignored her ‘ no ’ and ended with , ‘ So you see , I know why you do n't want to work . |
| 23 | he must of done Arthur , he moved and pulled everything , he 's ever such a good boy , he 's says to ya , I do n't know why he says but I can eat as much as I can , said I never get fat , I said I know why you do n't get fat |
| 24 | ‘ Now I know why you wear those glasses . ’ |
| 25 | I know why I 've got one . |
| 26 | Oh she said I 'm ever so sorry I was miles away , I said yeah we 've just said that , I said you never even heard us , so I said what you , you ca n't understand why you pay too much tax , she said no I know why I pay too much tax she said but more she said I used to be in business she said and I 'm on basic rate of tax , so I said yeah I 've had some of that , so she said what basic rate of tax , I said yeah where I 've come so , it 's a funny thing she said , I was saying to Carol the other day , she said erm , she said what a difference them blokes you work with , so I said yeah , I said I 'm always saying that about these so she said oh she said er |
| 27 | ‘ I know why I did it ! |
| 28 | I 'm damned if I know why I did n't tell you in the first place , back when all this started happening . |
| 29 | I know why I did n't |
| 30 | ‘ I think I know why I flunked my exams , ’ I said between huge mouthfuls . |