Example sentences of "why [pers pn] [vb past] never [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked him once why I 'd never seen him mentioned in any of the endless stuff about his movement , and he said he thought some of them had to stay anonymous . |
| 2 | They were the reasons why she had never wanted children . |
| 3 | Asked why she had never fled when she first felt in danger from her husband she replied : ‘ I was too frightened to get any help , I felt like a prisoner with nowhere to go . ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Perhaps it did , because I was wondering why you 'd never vouchsafed that interesting titbit of information before , ’ he mused . |
| 5 | All over the country hurt and disillusioned journalists and would-be journalists wondering why they had never received a reply could only presume that they had been rejected . |
| 6 | And because they were not so well known the audiences were always enchanted and wondered why they had never heard them before . |
| 7 | He did not want that to happen again ; perhaps , he reasoned , it was why he had never asked her to move in with him . |
| 8 | 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 . |