Example sentences of "why [modal v] i [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why must I struggle constantly against the odds when others find it so easy ? |
| 2 | and a cup of coffee and a cigarette , and I always do that but this day I was so tired after the doing the garden , both gardens like and fucking weeding them all and doing everything else and brushing out the back and doing I said to him for fuck 's sake do them dishes for me for a change William would you I said , so I got er got myself in the bath said I 'm away to bingo , so William 's gone out what happened ? eight , I had eight he had one you may get yourself I said ah fuck no wonder I have no fucking luck , so on the settee and said I 'm not going anywhere , I sat for ten minutes then I said ah fuck you why should I sit here so I lifted the car keys and walked out again then , fucking zooming out of and there was John coming up like that |
| 3 | ‘ I want to hear the soft sighs breaking from you when I make love to you … why should I stop now , when I know that you want it , too ? ’ |
| 4 | Why should I accept even the very small risk of living near a dump site for nuclear waste when I believe that nuclear power is costly , dangerous and unneeded ? |
| 5 | ‘ If I knew where he was why would I come here ? ’ |