Example sentences of "why [verb] he [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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1 | It was unfortunate when a zoo lost an eagle , so why did he feel so pleased about it ? |
2 | Why did he sit there in that most sociable of settings , solitary and apparently with neither need nor wish for company ? |
3 | And ‘ why did he go away and leave me ? ’ |
4 | ‘ Why did he disappear right in the middle of the fun ? ’ |
5 | Why did he grin so much , showing his discoloured teeth ? |
6 | ‘ Why did he come home early ? ’ |
7 | People would say — usually his father — that if he was determined to be an artist , well and good , but why did he spend so much time with books , and silly French novels at that ? |
8 | Why did he take so long in cashing it ? |
9 | Why does he blow so hot and cold , she thought , even within the space of a few hours ? |
10 | And why does he hide away on an island ? ’ |
11 | And why does he look so happy as a result ? |
12 | ‘ Why does he work here ? ’ one of the children asked one day . |
13 | Why had he come here at all ? |
14 | Why had he come here to find her ? |
15 | Why had he bought somewhere here in Oxfordshire ? |
16 | For his supporters , the resignation was an embarrassing puzzle : why had he resigned so soon after accepting the presidency , as a result of a quarrel with a " system " that he had largely created , over constitutional principles whose significance he had never bothered to explain to the French people ? |