Example sentences of "why i [be] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What I why I was emphasizing earlier on how important it is to get all this over on the telephone . |
| 2 | Meanwhile I noticed my friends paddling by smiling , laughing and waving at me as they obviously did not realise why I was screaming as loud as I possibly could . |
| 3 | ‘ Even while then it still had n't clicked in my brilliant brain why I was acting so , I put my foot down , and kept it there , and arrived here with about an hour to spare before your train was due in . |
| 4 | On my last visit to Lewis I found myself repelled by the use of derogatory nicknames , and could n't understand why I was reacting so violently . |
| 5 | I assume that was why I was running so badly in the track season . |
| 6 | ‘ I saw my bank manager at the end of last year and she asked me why I was spending so much on food . |
| 7 | Then she asked why I was laughing again , and I said that that was n't what had happened , and she looked angry , and I had a shower . |
| 8 | Through my right lung , which was why I was breathing oddly . |
| 9 | Of course they do n't know whether I 'm married or single , why I 'm buying so much food , or how much money I 've spent on food that week . |
| 10 | I think perhaps the council will now see why I 'm getting so frustrated and it 's because we 've been talking about this for over twelve months . |
| 11 | Merton 's clothes on this show had by now reached previously unfathomed depths : shrunk , unironed Magic Roundabout T-shirts and lumberjack shirts without washing instructions ( on the one occasion Merton wore a smart suit , he stopped the show mid-way through and exclaimed : ‘ Is n't anyone going to ask me why I 'm looking so smart today ? ’ ) . |
| 12 | " On the other hand , " I went on , " I have come across something that may lead to some news of Mr. Stavanger — It might be difficult to talk to you in your office — that 's why I 'm ringing now . |
| 13 | WHY I 'M GOING STRAIGHT — BY STEVE MARTIN |
| 14 | I 'm not really stupid that 's why I 'm driving home . |
| 15 | ‘ That 's why I 'm sitting here in my vest , remember ? ’ |
| 16 | The old Egyptian remedy , apparently was to drink beer from an old shoe , which is why I 'm sitting here untying my laces . |
| 17 | ‘ But this is television , that 's why I 'm paid so much , to come up with solutions , ’ he proffered . |