Example sentences of "why he [be] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Day 3 ) Dave Manby talked of his current sponsorships — which explains why he is eating with Mexicana Airlines silverware out of a dog dish and also why there is 75 lbs of Portland Cement in his kit . |
| 2 | Jim Knox , an Oldham director , says that the club have fulfilled their financial obligations to Round and do not know why he is behaving in this way . |
| 3 | As one law lord put it in 1967 , it can be ‘ very unpleasant ’ and ‘ hard ’ for the advocate ‘ to explain to a client why he is indulging in what seems treachery to his client because of an abstract duty to justice and professional honour ’ . |
| 4 | I do n't know why he 's living in the cottage when he has a home elsewhere — and a wife . ’ |
| 5 | You may well be better off without him instead of living in limbo , not knowing what he 's thinking or why he 's acting in this way . |
| 6 | He 's doing a big thesis on the border sites , that 's why he 's working at our place for a year or so . |
| 7 | I turned round and looked at him , wondering why he was bothering with such an easy question . |
| 8 | ‘ Which is why he was looking for you — although how on earth he expected to persuade you to pay up the difference I do n't know ! ’ |
| 9 | She wondered why he was speaking to her in such a quiet , gentling tone , then realised how stiffly she was holding herself . |
| 10 | That 's why he was thinking about closing the park to the villagers ; but now we 've caught these three beauties — thanks to you — he may change his mind . |
| 11 | ‘ I do n't know how he planned to explain the false name and why he was living at Pen House , ’ said Holmes . |
| 12 | ‘ Do n't look so wistful — there will be another time for Bamburgh , ’ he said quietly , and she wondered why he was talking as if they had a future together . |
| 13 | ‘ No , sir , I do n't know that , but I know why he was waiting at the gate . |
| 14 | She had no idea why Lucenzo should be remotely interested , or why he was waiting in such a fever of anticipation for her answer . |
| 15 | Now she knew why he was consorting with a countess . |
| 16 | He had no idea why he was behaving in such a flighty way . |