Example sentences of "[verb] why he ever [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had never been an impressive priest — dispensing sacraments , sermons and whist-drive announcements with the same patient ennui , like a weary shopkeeper who has forgotten why he ever started to sell . |
| 2 | And the embarrassed questioner retreats , apologising profusely , wondering why he ever fell into such absurd anxiety about this luminously sensible body of doctrine … |
| 3 | ‘ Julius will take one look at you and wonder why he ever bothered to kiss you last night . ’ |
| 4 | With George 's anarchic tendencies I often wondered why he ever chose to work in such a highly structured and formal setting as the organisation . |
| 5 | Sometimes , he really wanted to abandon her , yet looking at her now he could not imagine why he ever felt that way . |