Example sentences of "why she [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So I asked her why she wore those clothes ( a green cotton dress with its hem coming down , holed leggings , and uncared-for DM boots ) . |
| 2 | She did not quite admit that was why she wore her best summer suit and indeed had it rush cleaned for the event . |
| 3 | I do n't know why she wore it ; my memory was n't that bad . |
| 4 | ‘ McAl — Sally-Anne , ’ said Rose , reading her ma 's stare correctly , ‘ is a Yankee ; that 's why she talks so funny . |
| 5 | Susan is on the pill but wonders why she bothers when her husband is so sexually inactive . |
| 6 | Susan is on the pill but wonders why she bothers when her husband is so sexually inactive . |
| 7 | BROOKSIDE 'S sexy Jackie Corkhill , played by Sue Jenkins , has revealed why she left the Channel 4 soap . |
| 8 | That was the real reason why she left acting , that and the fact she was losing her looks . ’ |
| 9 | And Karen Armstrong , in the article from which I have just quoted , explained why she left teaching . |
| 10 | The Sun report on The Savage in my Bed about his first wife also makes it clear that Fairley was violent and sexually abusive to his first wife and , indeed , that this was a major factor in why she left him . |
| 11 | ‘ So I ca n't say that I know where your mother is or why she left . ’ |
| 12 | This investigation , extending over three months , has failed to provide any clue to the present whereabouts of the subject or to suggest any immediate reason why she left her home and family … |
| 13 | That 's why she left him . ’ |
| 14 | no , if Maureen 's the same at , at home as she is at work then you can see why she left home |
| 15 | Simon do n't know why she left . |
| 16 | Okay , he 's a I think , then again , sometimes I think why she left him is because the way his , his house is , you see . |
| 17 | Well as I say she 's , she said she 's had sitting and er ache you know and she has these things just to keep going , she has taken up inside her , just to keep going , that 's why she goes and has that like I had to examine inside that no more has grown and all the things inside her |
| 18 | Sally-Anne approached the cubbyhole giving admission to the building with some trepidation , rightly so when the commissionaire had sniffed at her , and demanded to know why she sought admission — her clothing and general appearance were not those worn by other visitors to the editor . |
| 19 | It is enough that we see these things and sit with her while she drinks manzanilla or brandy to wash the sight away ( though we are never told why she drinks ) — these things are enough to make us participate in what we surmise she must be feeling . |
| 20 | Why she lied and cheated . |
| 21 | ‘ Why she returned to Ireland , do you mean ? ’ |
| 22 | That 's why she died ! ’ |
| 23 | " You should just see her , you ca n't imagine , you would have to see her to know why she chose it , " and all the time , as she spoke , some more assured , sophisticated account underran her words , silently , in her own mind , an account by some other girl , some girl who could wear such garments , and laugh at them , and explain them , and not suffer — some girl so far above such things that nothing could pull her down . |
| 24 | ‘ I think she had some idea , that 's why she chose the gynae clinic . |
| 25 | She was good at art as well but her friends could n't explain why she burst into tears for no apparent reason during a painting class one sunny afternoon . |
| 26 | I shall understand why she refuses me , if she does . ’ |
| 27 | Economy is just one of the reasons why she travels light , choosing to use as little equipment as possible . |
| 28 | Economy is just one of the reasons why she travels light , choosing to use as little equipment as possible . |
| 29 | Her accent reminded Paula of Louise — perhaps that was why she warmed to her in spite of the fact that she was so awe-inspiring . |
| 30 | That 's why she wrote nothing . ’ |