Example sentences of "why do i [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | Why do I think I can do the job better than the other applicants ? |
2 | ‘ Why do I think you have n't come here with sparkling news ? ’ he said . |
3 | Why do I think of roses ? ’ |
4 | Why do I exist ? — The gods did it . |
5 | Why do I hide it ? |
6 | Why do I drink all that beer ? |
7 | ‘ Why do I tell you this ? ’ he was saying confidently . |
8 | ‘ Why do I tell you all this , when you yourselves know what poverty is and what starvation is and what a lack of cash is about ? ’ |
9 | Why do I tell you all this ? |
10 | Why do I tell you this ? |
11 | But why do I go to C , rather than to B ? |
12 | ‘ So why do I go on expanding the company instead of putting up my feet and shooting the breeze ? ’ |
13 | Ergo , she 's not a friend , so why do I care about how she is , or want to see her . |
14 | Why do I care about these people ? |
15 | Why do I care about you , you bastard ? she thought miserably . |
16 | And why do I talk in this way ? |
17 | ‘ In my life , Oh why do I give valuable time to people who I 'd much rather kick in the eye ? ’ |
18 | 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 ? |
19 | ‘ I was happy with life last year , and nothing has changed — so why do I feel unsettled ? ’ |
20 | Why do I feel guilty ? |
21 | ‘ Every morning when I wake up , I ask myself , If I 'm so damned successful , why do I feel tired and miserable ? ’ |
22 | Sue 's skin , thought Marion , Sue 's skin , so why do I feel as if I 'm the one , as if it all happened in my room , as if it had all happened to me ? |
23 | Why do I feel he is the one who is dead , not Hilda . |
24 | Why do I feel so old ? y I was his sister in the story , why do If eel so old , so cold ? |
25 | Why do I owe you a letter ? |
26 | 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 . |
27 | Why do I want to stay here in this bloody place ? |
28 | So why do I want to fall in love again ? |
29 | So why do I want to repeat these teenage agonies ? |
30 | Why do I want this . |