Example sentences of "why do i [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | Why did I want to be a policeman . |
2 | Mum why did I bump into a chair ? |
3 | One Minister comments : Why did I go to York on October 3 to be recommissioned as a Eucharistic Minister ? |
4 | Why do I think of roses ? ’ |
5 | But why do I go to C , rather than to B ? |
6 | Ergo , she 's not a friend , so why do I care about how she is , or want to see her . |
7 | Why do I care about these people ? |
8 | Why do I care about you , you bastard ? she thought miserably . |
9 | And why do I talk in this way ? |
10 | 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 ? |
11 | Gary was like Barry , like Barry Self : a lantern-jawed know-nothing , an unreflecting hedonist , a mastermould of brute conceit who none the less exploits a small but tenacious legacy of charm and luck Why do I bother with my father ? |
12 | Why do I baulk at it ? |
13 | Why do I pick on these two statements ? |
14 | He looked embarrassed , thinking , why do I have to be in on these crises ? |
15 | ‘ Why do I get into trouble like this ? |
16 | Why do I get off the train oh yeah ! |
17 | Why do I need to practice that with you counting numbers up to thirty one ? |
18 | Well , in comes Alf , with 'is belly full of old and mild as usual , and asks me why do I look as if I 'd lost a pound and found thruppence . |