Example sentences of "why [verb] i [vb infin] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The Doctrine is at best a circular re-statement of the obvious : Why did I experience those vibrations in the air as sounds ? |
| 2 | Why did I have this feeling ? |
| 3 | The first question really should be ‘ why did I buy this machine ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ In my life , Oh why do I give valuable time to people who I 'd much rather kick in the eye ? ’ |
| 5 | " Tell me , my little one , my daughter , why do I smell human bones ? " |
| 6 | Why do I do these things , Alice ? |
| 7 | Why do I pick three pound sixty or three hundred and sixty pennies ? |
| 8 | And you may say well why do I have two pairs of fins , you know , one in front and one behind , instead of , say , three pairs of fins , or one pair of fins , or eight pairs of fins — why do we all have two ? |
| 9 | Why do I have this dream about drowning ? |
| 10 | Why do I need this sleep that covers me |
| 11 | What is this anthropomorphism , and why do I see this landscape as male ? |
| 12 | ‘ Why do I find such protestations hard to believe ? ’ |
| 13 | Why do I know such stuff ? |
| 14 | Why do I recommend this type of DIY practice ? |