Example sentences of "i ask why [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In preparing my speech I recalled ( as the reader also may ) the occasion during my first watch in Tartar when the first lieutenant had shown me the various instruments on the bridge , and that when I asked why one had a canvas cover , he had said , ‘ Oh , that 's the Mountbatten station-keeping gear , and we keep it covered because the captain finds it quite useless . ’ |
| 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 | Of course , I began to suspect — it was terrible and at last I asked why my father did n't write to me . |
| 5 | I asked why he could n't just plead guilty . |
| 6 | ‘ I asked why you want to know . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I asked why you had to be going . ’ |
| 8 | I ask why he is following me . |
| 9 | I believe you 're the officer that 's responsible for it can I ask why there was nothing in the report . |
| 10 | ‘ May I ask why you moved out here ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ May I ask why you sold out ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ May I ask why you did this , Axel ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ May I ask why you did n't do that in the first place ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Might I ask why you left it ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ May I ask why you did n't say anything when I explained what I was doing in Venice ? ’ |
| 16 | Can I ask why it 's storing up misery for the children ? |
| 17 | ‘ But first , ’ Husband said again , glancing quickly at Agnes ; ‘ may I ask why our sister service is represented here ? — no matter how prettily . |
| 18 | With unfailing respect , may I ask why I was not called on the Yarrow statement ? |
| 19 | I always regret that as a youth it never occurred to me to ask why they chose Easingwold and how they knew of a vacancy for someone who could combine the saddlery trade with being the landlord of the Jolly Farmers pub . |
| 20 | Some pensioner constituents who come to see me ask why they are penalised and punished . |