Example sentences of "why [vb base] i [verb] " 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 | Oh God , Why Do I Keep Writing These Dreadful Attacks on the Prince of Wales ? |
| 8 | ‘ Why do I tell you this ? ’ he was saying confidently . |
| 9 | ‘ 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 ? ’ |
| 10 | Why do I tell you all this ? |
| 11 | Why do I tell you this ? |
| 12 | But why do I go to C , rather than to B ? |
| 13 | ‘ So why do I go on expanding the company instead of putting up my feet and shooting the breeze ? ’ |
| 14 | Ergo , she 's not a friend , so why do I care about how she is , or want to see her . |
| 15 | Why do I care about these people ? |
| 16 | Why do I care about you , you bastard ? she thought miserably . |
| 17 | And why do I talk in this way ? |
| 18 | ‘ In my life , Oh why do I give valuable time to people who I 'd much rather kick in the eye ? ’ |
| 19 | 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 ? |
| 20 | ‘ I was happy with life last year , and nothing has changed — so why do I feel unsettled ? ’ |
| 21 | Why do I feel guilty ? |
| 22 | ‘ Every morning when I wake up , I ask myself , If I 'm so damned successful , why do I feel tired and miserable ? ’ |
| 23 | 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 ? |
| 24 | Why do I feel he is the one who is dead , not Hilda . |
| 25 | Why do I feel so old ? y I was his sister in the story , why do If eel so old , so cold ? |
| 26 | Why do I owe you a letter ? |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | Why do I want to stay here in this bloody place ? |
| 29 | So why do I want to fall in love again ? |
| 30 | So why do I want to repeat these teenage agonies ? |