Example sentences of "why [vb past] he [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why did he rather walk entirely unprotected , apart from the body armour . |
| 2 | Why did he always feel so intimidated by Viola Machin ? |
| 3 | Why did he always make her want to cry ? |
| 4 | Why did he always want to go the long way round . |
| 5 | Why did he always choose to lose his temper over issues in which he was in the wrong ? |
| 6 | Why did he always go for those parts , those double entendres ? |
| 7 | Why did he always have to work alone ? |
| 8 | Why did he now want it back ? |
| 9 | ‘ Why did he never want to marry me ? ’ |
| 10 | At times Anne felt sure that he was attracted to her , but if so why did he never ask to meet her , and why did he conceal these chance meetings from his family ? |
| 11 | They said at the trial that he was a kind husband , a good neighbour — why did he suddenly do this terrible thing ? |
| 12 | Why did he suddenly do that ? |
| 13 | Why had he ever made that wish about the picture ? |
| 14 | Why had he never seen himself so clearly , he wondered ? |
| 15 | 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 . |
| 16 | Why had he never got round to building another sonic screwdriver ? |