Example sentences of "and why he " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Furthermore the ethnography must contain a recognition that the anthropologist within is stepping outside himself to describe how and why he performs within his own culture . |
| 2 | He had hundreds of shirts and why he ever wanted me to iron them I 'll never know . |
| 3 | That is both why he has survived and why he has led his country to disaster . |
| 4 | By the time Roirbak had reached his workbench and had sat down to ponder over whether he could pay Jahsaxa enough compensation to drop Crevecoeur and why he should want to do that for anyone anyway , Mellissa the receptionist fluted her chimes over his commset . |
| 5 | He briefly told Tammuz about himself and why he was with Star Eye . |
| 6 | Then if Mr Major takes a cool look at why Mrs Thatcher was overthrown , why he became Prime Minister in 1990 , and why he came so near to defeat in 1992 , he will see a cycle of excessive boom , high inflation and then prolonged recession . |
| 7 | The coroner spoke sharply to Wells , asking him about his statement and why he had not followed it up . |
| 8 | Appropriate feedback is vital in the patient 's relearning process , so he receives praise only when it is deserved : if he fails in any way , the physiotherapist remains encouraging and positive about it , but shows him how and why he went wrong , or she may simply leave that task for the moment and return to it later , when the patient can concentrate and get it right . |
| 9 | He would give a clear , coherent account of how and why he had stabbed , shot , strangled , gassed or electrocuted her . |
| 10 | But a mathematician should be taught to try to take me with him , so that I may have some appreciation of what he is doing , and why he enjoys doing it . |
| 11 | Library education will be more effective if the student understands what he is doing and why he is doing it — that is , if new facts can be related to existing knowledge . |
| 12 | A bandage round his head , a cup of tea in his blunt hands , he looked like the only survivor of some great catastrophe , and Nathan could understand exactly why he 'd been able to move India-May to tears and why he 'd been given a room on the first floor , one of the large ones , for nothing . |
| 13 | Eventually I asked him how he had become a Christian and why he had believed , and then asked him how he would answer some of the questions that his visit to a French university was bound to raise . |
| 14 | Part of the Christian 's responsibility is to understand and be able to express what and why he believes or , as the apostle Peter expressed it , ‘ Be always ready with your defence whenever you are called to account for the hope that is in you . ’ |
| 15 | Bill was completely subversive and that , I suppose , is why he liked climbing and why he endeared himself to climbers . |
| 16 | That is why one of Gandalf 's favourite sayings is ‘ Even the wise can not see all ends ’ , and why he often demonstrates its truth himself . |
| 17 | ‘ I wo n't be fining him because I had a clear view of what happened and understand what he did and why he did it , ’ said manager Kevin Keegan . |
| 18 | But many people wondered why Mr Peairs had used quite so powerful a weapon , and why he had not simply fired it into the air ; or why , living as he did in a relatively safe middle-class suburb , he had been so scared . |
| 19 | He turned in a performance to cherish against Surrey in the NatWest at Swansea , and the locals are still attempting to work out and why he did n't pocket the match award . |
| 20 | He wondered what it could be that was so urgent , and why he had n't mentioned it yesterday over lunch . |
| 21 | Seeing his ineffectual bumbling , Jezrael wondered how much use he could be , and why he had been made . |
| 22 | And he wondered where the power came from , and why he trusted it . |
| 23 | It was so typical of him , wanting to understand what he thought and why he thought it . |
| 24 | as if suddenly remembering where he was and why he had come , he resumed . |
| 25 | ‘ What I ca n't understand , ’ she said at last , coming to a stop again behind David 's chair , ‘ is why he married me at all and why he … . ’ |
| 26 | Dahl tends to view elites as a species of potential conspiracy against the public interest ; this is one reason why he rejects the accusation that he himself is a surreptitious elitist and why he prefers to refer to ‘ polyarchy ’ . |
| 27 | According to him , when Scott interviewed the rock star Bryan Adams she ‘ merely asked him why he wore scruffy jeans , why he drove an old jeep , and why he did n't spend more of his money ’ . |
| 28 | In his letter he asked why Jekyll refused to let him into his house , and why he and Doctor Lanyon were no longer friendly . |
| 29 | In a voice that made it sound like an article of faith , Christine said : ‘ We both know that your father did n't kill mine so why he was late and why he did n't tell the police about it does n't matter . ’ |
| 30 | A little later Kersey tried again : ‘ At least we know how Matthew got hold of the Beale journal and why he kept it under wraps . |