Example sentences of "why they [vb past] [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ranulf believed the French were responsible ; Corbett at first agreed , but then queried why they had waited so long and privately concluded that the attackers were from Lord Bruce 's retinue . |
| 2 | Desperately she fought back the tears , not knowing why they had formed so swiftly . |
| 3 | That was why they had drifted apart . |
| 4 | That was why they had seemed so dreamily bright before . |
| 5 | He ruled out further help for the legalized opposition parties , saying that they needed time to win supporters , and that was why they had fared badly in the April elections . |