Example sentences of "[vb past] why [pers pn] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | As he recited familiar words , Jaq puzzled why he had really been detailed to be present on Stalinvast during its purge . |
| 2 | That was when she understood why he looked so strange . |
| 3 | She knew why he sounded so strangled when she saw herself . |
| 4 | I suddenly realized why he smoked so much and felt queasy all over again . |
| 5 | Talk about I reckon that , er Evelyn 's niece said er I said that 's how they used to dress boys , I said ho she said why I said probably |
| 6 | And because they were not so well known the audiences were always enchanted and wondered why they had never heard them before . |
| 7 | ‘ You look well , Lili , ’ he remarked , also without warmth , and I wondered why they had ever been friends since they did n't like each other . |
| 8 | My hon. Friend the Member for Wakefield wondered why we had so many people in prison and in police cells . |
| 9 | At times I wondered why I had ever embarked upon my personal research study . |
| 10 | Well I just wondered why it goes there , in |
| 11 | Clare wondered why she felt so hurt , when she 'd always known the truth . |
| 12 | As she stared down at him while he cleared up the mess , she wondered why she felt so outmanoeuvred . |
| 13 | 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 ? |