Example sentences of "[adv] why do i " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ I was happy with life last year , and nothing has changed — so why do I feel unsettled ? ’ |
| 2 | So why do I carry on jiggling my earrings and cleavage simultaneously whenever an editorial planning meeting gets rough ? |
| 3 | ‘ So why do I go on expanding the company instead of putting up my feet and shooting the breeze ? ’ |
| 4 | So why do I want to fall in love again ? |
| 5 | So why do I want to repeat these teenage agonies ? |
| 6 | Sue 's skin , thought Marion , Sue 's skin , so why do I feel as if I 'm the one , as if it all happened in my room , as if it had all happened to me ? |
| 7 | no pleasure and it 's no use so why do I do it |
| 8 | As I well know , the servant question is a constant subject for conversation in every drawing-room , so why do I resent it so much now ? |
| 9 | Ergo , she 's not a friend , so why do I care about how she is , or want to see her . |
| 10 | So why did I , as middle-aged and grey haired as the rest , find myself so ridiculously pleased to see them ? |
| 11 | The DNA content must be a small proportion of the total , so why did I say that it was raining DNA rather than cellulose ? |
| 12 | So why did I fail ? |
| 13 | Just why did I kill that poor defenceless creature ? |
| 14 | Now why do I write that there , well this is my planning system . |
| 15 | Now why did I say problems ? |
| 16 | Now why did I get the impression that you cared what happens to your father ? |
| 17 | But not when they 're eating , here why did I bother giving you a bath ? |
| 18 | Well why did I do it then ? |
| 19 | 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 ? |
| 20 | Then why do I always feel as if I am falling off the edge of a cliff ? |
| 21 | ‘ Then why do I need to see her ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Then why do I get the distinct impression that we 're going round and round in the same circles ? ’ |
| 23 | Then why did I want to run away from it ? |
| 24 | ( Why Why did I pick up the telephone ) |
| 25 | Why why did I call you up ( Ca n't touch |
| 26 | Why why did I think you were Ellen ? |