Example sentences of "why [vb past] [pers pn] never [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And if Heather thought there was something sinister about her relationship with Jack Cornelius — assuming there was a relationship — why did she never ask me if I knew anything about it ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ Why did you never meet her ? ’ |
| 3 | Why had they never told him ? |
| 4 | Why had he never seen himself so clearly , he wondered ? |
| 5 | She had a tension about her like a strung bow , and every bit as lethal , and she had a piercing beauty — why had he never marked it , he who had known her nearly three years ? that made his heart contract as he looked at her . |
| 6 | She stared at the golden eagle , so arrogantly and eternally poised , and wondered why she had ever thought birds on furniture were a bit off : why had she never bothered to look , why had she never asked herself what her eyes had told her ? |