Example sentences of "why my " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
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| 1 | He tries to figure out why my lips are n't moving . ’ |
| 2 | Is this what life is for , is this why my parents brought me up with so much love and care ? |
| 3 | ‘ Perhaps you can tell me why my daughter does n't come to see me ? |
| 4 | When I am settled , there is no reason why my life should not be as placid , and there is much reason why it should be far more placid , than at home . |
| 5 | I realise that all this is a jumble , and does n't explain why my anorexia started , or how it is easing , but this is the stage I 'm at right now . |
| 6 | I remember my own mother saying , when I was undergoing tests to discover why my periods had stopped , that we need n't worry , they were an expensive nuisance , what did I want periods for anyway ? |
| 7 | We may now understand better , too , why my father was so fond of the story of the butler who failed to panic on discovering a tiger under the dining table ; it was because he knew instinctively that somewhere in this story lay the kernel of what true ‘ dignity ’ is . |
| 8 | Which is probably why my glass case is still empty . |
| 9 | It suddenly became very important for me to explain why my war was not over . |
| 10 | I bought a Moses basket ( quite rare at that time ) for my baby , and wondered why my room mate was not so enthusiastic . |
| 11 | As to his argument about an immediate ban , I would accept that entirely and that is precisely why my Committee has taken , and is likely to continue to take , the attitude that it has . |
| 12 | It 's difficult to put my finger on exactly why my response is somewhat cool . |
| 13 | I brooded constantly over why my being a girl rather than a boy would make my life so different from my brothers ’ . |
| 14 | ‘ I wondered why my ears popped in the lift . ’ |
| 15 | Anything to explain why my skin is sallow , why I look so washed out . |
| 16 | ‘ I was anticipating a bad time but my wife was thrilled because she loves Russia — that 's why my daughter is called Katya , ’ says Mr Faith . |
| 17 | There is no reason why my family should be immune from problems . |
| 18 | Hick , speaking as the England squad completed its pre-Indian tour preparations at Lilleshall yesterday , added : ‘ I wanted to know why my form in the one-day internationals was good , while I could n't do it in the Tests . |
| 19 | One of the reasons why my partner and I disposed of our practice some years ago was the fact that the new legislation , particularly relating to investment business and the proposed audit regulations which were to come into force , was making practices less profitable , as it was impossible to pass all these extra costs on to the client . |
| 20 | WHY MY HOUSE ? |
| 21 | It was one of the reasons why my wife and I first became estranged . |
| 22 | Why my paternal so-called grandparents had been so stuffy the only time I met them . |
| 23 | ‘ That 's why my nose ended up flat against my face . ’ |
| 24 | Parky , you see , is the reason why my husband and I ( like Charles and Di ) are in separate beds . |
| 25 | I have recently done this myself and like you was very puzzled as to why my armhole was not the depth I had measured . |
| 26 | I know why my experienced colleague and I were both having trouble with the yarn looping at the edges . |
| 27 | And Labour 's trade spokesman Robin Cook said : ‘ If I was him , I would worry why my colleagues seem so keen for me to stay away . |
| 28 | Alice said sadly : ‘ I 'll never know why my Patrick died . |
| 29 | I always wondered why my parents believed all this nonsense about Father Christmas — I was always very sceptical . |
| 30 | ‘ It is why my family sacrificed a nice life in Tenerife to come back to the cold of Britain four years ago . |