Example sentences of "i know why i " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I think I know why I flunked my exams , ’ I said between huge mouthfuls . |
| 2 | But there is no issue for which simply to deduce from socially prescribed principles combined with factual propositions would be anything but a mechanical conformity ; I know why I should do the prescribed thing only if , at least at my moments of fullest awareness from other viewpoints , I feel moved to do so . |
| 3 | But I know why I feel guilty . |
| 4 | ‘ I know why I did it ! |
| 5 | I 'm damned if I know why I did n't tell you in the first place , back when all this started happening . |
| 6 | " but I know what 's going on , and I know why I 'm here and why you 're here . |
| 7 | I know why I did n't |
| 8 | 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 |
| 9 | I know why I 've got one . |
| 10 | Yet it was then that I knew why I had come , for just distinguishable to me against the background of reciting voices , I heard my own voice . |
| 11 | I knew why I was famous : I was a good lyric writer and had ability on stage . |
| 12 | You 're right , are n't you Yes , once he got going , I knew why I 'd been holding back . |
| 13 | ‘ When I saw you again I knew why I had waited so long to marry . |