Example sentences of "why [verb] she [adv] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was normally a very honest person — so why had she just lied through her teeth ? |
| 2 | Why had she even wasted time trying to defend herself ? |
| 3 | And why had she secretly kept it all those years , when she did n't want it ? |
| 4 | Why had she nearly fainted when I had told her about the letter ? |
| 5 | Why , oh , why had she ever started this ? |
| 6 | Why had she ever got involved in that slanging match in the first place ? she wondered with a dark surge of anger . |
| 7 | With the lack of air , the smells , the unrestrained vomiting of a woman in the top bunk ( why had she ever thought they were lucky to get a bottom bunk ? ) it took real hunger and a strong stomach to face food . |
| 8 | Why had she ever opened that letter ? |
| 9 | Why had she never realised before this that Dana had every right to do as she pleased , regardless of how her sister felt ? |
| 10 | Why had she never realised before now that Dana resented looking like her sister ? |
| 11 | Why had she never realised before how eerie the rustling of the trees could be , how creepy the sound of the breeze rattling the reeds that lined the riverbank ? |
| 12 | Why had she never imagined Bella as a redhead ? |
| 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 ? |
| 14 | 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 ? |
| 15 | She had known she liked him , enjoyed his company , his humour , gentleness , so why had she never admitted that she loved ? |