Example sentences of "[be] why he [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | All Boy could think of to explain this was that the man was older than he was , and that he actually had a husband in a sort of way , and not just for one night or a few nights , and so that had to be why he felt differently about the films he watched . |
| 2 | ‘ That could be why he went home that day feeling groggy . |
| 3 | That was the problem facing the author of this utility , which is why he wrote this little program that lets you type in the error code , the description is then printed to screen . |
| 4 | That is why he spent as much time as he possibly could outside the ring , talking about anything but the council tax . |
| 5 | He is a teacher , I thought : that is why he talks so well . |
| 6 | That is why he manoeuvred frantically , and brilliantly , to fend off the challenge to his party leadership last month . |
| 7 | That 's why he had always won . |
| 8 | I think Eddie was frightened , and that 's why he gambled so heavily at the end . ’ |
| 9 | Well that 's why he went probably ! |
| 10 | That 's why he got away without too much damage |
| 11 | That 's why he 's only got a boy |
| 12 | I think that 's why he comes here cos nobody |
| 13 | That was why he relied chiefly on Simenon , an author for whom he preserved a high opinion all his life . |
| 14 | She had always been quite dependent on Keith , which was why he got away with such a lot , but eventually she has grown more confident , and believes that she can now make it on her own . |
| 15 | There was , Henry felt , something rather unsavoury about Maltby. perhaps that was why he had never worked up the notes he had made on the case . |
| 16 | He did not want that to happen again ; perhaps , he reasoned , it was why he had never asked her to move in with him . |