Example sentences of "why i [vb base] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That is one reason why I 've just started to learn the piano . |
| 2 | That 's why I 've never married . |
| 3 | ‘ I naturally believe that the financial profits of the drug-suppliers are offensive , ’ Ellen said , ‘ which is why I 've only used cocaine on a handful of occasions . |
| 4 | But why I mean so stupid . |
| 5 | That 's why I charge so much . |
| 6 | why I come straight across . |
| 7 | ‘ You can see why I remember so little . ’ |
| 8 | That 's why I object strongly to the Office 's plugging me in as an Automatic Nurse for one night ! ’ |
| 9 | And why I sit here , husbandless , dependent upon social security supplemented by such pitiful amounts of money as I can wring out of the national press , and Bernard genuflects once more , fled back to his baptismal church , terrified by the very notion of living outside it . |
| 10 | That 's why I take so long over it . |
| 11 | People are always asking me why I dress strangely , or saying , ‘ What does your mother think of your outfits ? ’ |
| 12 | Probably why I get so screwed up . ’ |
| 13 | I know he is , that 's why I get so irritated with him cos I see my failings in him so clearly ! |
| 14 | I do n't know why I get too flattered you know . |
| 15 | ‘ People have probably begun to wonder by now why I spend so much time in the club , ’ he said evenly . |
| 16 | Oh she said I 'm ever so sorry I was miles away , I said yeah we 've just said that , I said you never even heard us , so I said what you , you ca n't understand why you pay too much tax , she said no I know why I pay too much tax she said but more she said I used to be in business she said and I 'm on basic rate of tax , so I said yeah I 've had some of that , so she said what basic rate of tax , I said yeah where I 've come so , it 's a funny thing she said , I was saying to Carol the other day , she said erm , she said what a difference them blokes you work with , so I said yeah , I said I 'm always saying that about these so she said oh she said er |
| 17 | ‘ That 's why I talk straight to aspiring artists , ’ Jay reveals . |
| 18 | ‘ That 's why I cast so many unknowns when I came to make the movie , ’ Dickerson reasons . |
| 19 | I do n't know why I bother though cos you never flipping win anything |
| 20 | I do n't know why I think maybe the , the tablets helped , but erm I was saying I was kind of having second thoughts whether I was wanting to go on the H R T or |
| 21 | I do n't know why I feel so possessive about the damned things . |
| 22 | My husband says this — that 's why I feel so strongly about it . |
| 23 | After a while she said , ‘ I do n't know why I feel so strange sometimes . |
| 24 | ‘ I really believe you are what you eat , and I 'm certain that 's why I feel so different in myself . |
| 25 | That 's why I feel so low . |
| 26 | The reason why I feel so strongly about the care of the mentally ill is because of all that my aunt , Peggy Jay , taught me . |
| 27 | That 's why I feel so much at home here . |
| 28 | That was why I have now decided to write to him . |
| 29 | Which is why I have always tried to insist that my players have proper ways of relaxing away from their work . |
| 30 | So , I am going to spend another two minutes telling you why I have always loved trains and railways . |