Example sentences of "why do i [verb] [pn reflx] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why did I introduce myself as a sceptic about values but not about facts ? |
| 2 | Why did I kid myself that I 'd ever get there successfully in my condition ? ’ |
| 3 | So , I write , as well as this diary , some of my new novel ( a killer , this one , dealing as it does with post-Holocaust survivors ' guilt ; why do I set myself these agonies ? ) and start pinch-hitting for Gloria Hunniford on Radio Two . |
| 4 | Why do I get myself into things like this ? |
| 5 | ‘ Why do I allow myself to be persuaded by this unscrupulous Welsh Levantine ? ’ he asked . |