Example sentences of "i [verb] why [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ First let me explain why I have to go to Athens . |
| 2 | ‘ No , no , we are not brave , we are very frightened ’ , was the inevitable response when I asked why they always fled . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | I asked why he could n't just plead guilty . |
| 5 | ‘ I asked why you want to know . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ I asked why you had to be going . ’ |
| 7 | No matter , what I mean why we all seem to wearing black , because they 're |
| 8 | I do n't know why I mean why I like Polo . |
| 9 | I realised why I was wrong about good theatre , about how it can enthrall in a way cinema and television rarely does . |
| 10 | I went to take Wendy 's laundry round Tuesday night I forget why I was , I do n't know , well I did n't call but I just drove on and got myself a says Jim you 're early tonight , quarter past ten . |
| 11 | I guessed why she had brought me round into the shadow . |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | I was puzzled at first but now I know why they do it , why they stretch their throats like that . |
| 14 | I know why they tried to kill you . |
| 15 | She says , as an adult , looking back , I know why they did n't want me . |
| 16 | So now I know why they tell you fill this as you go along cos you forget what |
| 17 | Now I know why he whacked me , I would whack me too . |
| 18 | I know why he likes the photographing business . |
| 19 | ‘ I know why he went there . ’ |
| 20 | ‘ No , sir , I do n't know that , but I know why he was waiting at the gate . |
| 21 | I mean what he 's do I , I know why he 's done it . |
| 22 | Ah , I think I know why he mentioned that then |
| 23 | Mm I know why he 's not happy . |
| 24 | ‘ I know why you 're at that school . |
| 25 | ‘ Now I know why you wear those glasses . ’ |
| 26 | 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 . ’ |
| 27 | I know why you are so jumpy , Mama , but you must n't think you are the only one who is being put out . |
| 28 | I hear some people in court and I say to myself ‘ I know why you are not here every day ’ . |
| 29 | I know why you left Delta . |
| 30 | ‘ I know why you 're so easy to talk to , ’ Clare said . |