Example sentences of "why [verb] i [vb infin] [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | Why did I rush out like that ? |
2 | ‘ He started going on again about me going into mainstream journalism , how a friend of his had contacts in Fleet Street , why the hell did n't I grow up and settle down like normal girls , why did I go around with Jake . |
3 | Oh , why did I come here ? |
4 | Why did I come here ? |
5 | ‘ Oh , why did I come here ? ’ she thought . |
6 | ‘ Oh , why did I come here ? ’ cried Agnes Resker , who could never stay silent for long . |
7 | Why did I come back ? |
8 | There are other times when I 've turned back and felt ‘ gosh no , this is wrong ’ and afterwards thought why did I turn back , maybe I should have carried on . |
9 | Why did I take so long each morning ? |
10 | ( Why Why did I pick up the telephone ) |
11 | ‘ Oh , why did I cry so much ? ’ said Alice . |
12 | ‘ So why do I go on expanding the company instead of putting up my feet and shooting the breeze ? ’ |
13 | And why do I feel so uncomfortable in talking about such a natural , beautiful thing to my own parents , to the lovers I owe my existence to ? |
14 | Why do I feel so old ? y I was his sister in the story , why do If eel so old , so cold ? |
15 | Why do I settle so gratefully into my faded plush seat , shedding my faded plush shoes , oblivious to smoke , sweethearts and surroundings , expecting nothing but my money 's worth and more . |
16 | So why do I carry on jiggling my earrings and cleavage simultaneously whenever an editorial planning meeting gets rough ? |
17 | Why do I take as much exercise as I do ? |
18 | ‘ What I do n't understand , Major Cowley , is that if you know my life is in danger , why do I have just one man ! ? ’ |
19 | Why do I hang out with filmstars ? |
20 | ‘ Why do I know instinctively that that does not mean that you are willing to admit you burn for me , cara ? ’ |