Example sentences of "why [vb mod] i [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.
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1 | But why must I worry about those future citizens , today 's citizen-slob might reason , even if they are likely to include me ? |
2 | ‘ Why should I struggle through hundreds of pages of fabrication to reach half a dozen very little truths ? ’ |
3 | Why should I want to … to … ? |
4 | Why should I choose for you ? |
5 | ‘ Why should I go through his office ? |
6 | Exeter lawyer Simon Armitage said : ‘ Why should I suffer for others dishonesty ? ’ |
7 | Angry Vera replied : ‘ Why should I apologise for helping charity ? |
8 | Anyway , why should I care about those yellow motherfuckers ? ’ |
9 | They do n't care about me , so why should I care about them ! |
10 | You need a lift — and anyway , why should I stay without my partner to dance with ? ’ |
11 | I thought : why should I laugh with her ? |
12 | Why should I laugh at you ? ’ |
13 | why should I sit between them ? coming over the edge of the stool , one saying are you safe on that stool ? |
14 | WHY SHOULD I INVEST IN A PEP NOW ? |
15 | The left-wing response is to press for more money to improve these services , make them more relevant to public needs ; the right-wing response is to privatize further — and if the latter is the response you favour , then you have a wonderful excuse for withholding taxes : ’ Why should I pay for services I do n't use ? ’ |
16 | Why should I bump into |
17 | Why should I listen to this ? |
18 | I said , ‘ Why should I listen to an actor who lost the Oscar to John Wayne in True Grit ? ’ |
19 | But outside a religious context , why should I ask for a certainty with which I dispense in every other field of life ? |
20 | These showed a cloth-capped building worker , brick and trowel at the ready , saying ‘ Why should I worry about oil running out ? |
21 | WHY SHOULD I WORRY ABOUT OIL RUNNING OUT ? |
22 | WHY SHOULD I WORRY ABOUT NUCLEAR WASTE ? |
23 | Why should I worry about such things ? |
24 | Why should I spy on you ? ’ |
25 | ‘ Why should I agree to only being paid if your cousin passes her exams ? ’ |
26 | Why should I lie about it ? |
27 | The Prado 's director , Felipe Vicente Garin , retorted : ‘ Why should I call for new ideas when I 've already got my own ? ’ |
28 | I mean , when I record a solo on an album , I put down on tape exactly what I think is the best possible lead for the song , so why should I mess with that ? |
29 | ‘ Sure , and why would I fall for you ? ’ she asked lightly , staring hard at the stars . |
30 | Why would I lie to you ? ’ |