Example sentences of "why [verb] i [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | ‘ If Plummer was trying to frame you , why send me here to help you ? ’ |
2 | Why send me there ? ’ |
3 | The Poet himself is aware that his situation may seem repetitive , and in 76 answers the question , ‘ Why write I still all one , ever the same … ? ’ |
4 | Why did I just know I was n't going to like this ? ’ |
5 | Why , why did I ever leave my home ? |
6 | Oh , Christ , why did I ever get into this business ? |
7 | And why Did I ever tell you , as though I were an old friend ? |
8 | ‘ Why did I never hear of this ? ’ |
9 | Why did I never think of this before ? she wondered blankly . |
10 | Why do I just time , why do I do that ? |
11 | Why do I only now discover |
12 | Why do I only I allowed to have your cold ? |
13 | ‘ Why do I ever argue with you , I ask myself , McAllister ? |
14 | Why do I always forget things ? |
15 | ‘ And anyway , why do I always have to be the German ? ’ |
16 | ‘ Oh , Durkin is not such a bad chap , ’ Carew said and immediately thought , Why do I always jump to Durkin 's defence whenever he 's criticised ? |
17 | Then why do I always feel as if I am falling off the edge of a cliff ? |
18 | Oliver Why do I always get the blame ? |
19 | Why do I always look at houses that I ca n't , I 've got , not got the remotest chance of owning ? |
20 | ‘ Why have I always felt that I knew you before ? ’ |
21 | Why have I always got to come up to your standards ? ’ |
22 | And why have I never heard his name before ? |
23 | Well why ask me now ? |