Example sentences of "why did she [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Why did she think to try looking underneath one of the metallic blocks ? |
| 2 | Why did she start playing ? |
| 3 | When had she ever cared and why did she care so sharply now ? |
| 4 | Why did she choose this particular block ? |
| 5 | What a mystery it is , the way we carry on , thought Liz , as she moved on to more congenial entertainment : remembering , suddenly , the oft-repeated claim of an Austrian refugee analyst of her acquaintance , who frequently and unashamedly rejoiced in having had in his house at one time no less than five Nobel Prize winners , a claim which she had always found endearing , ridiculous , foolish , alarming , comic , in its nai¨veté , its precision , its ruthlessness : remembering the alarms and excitement of her own early encounters with the famous , the great , the titled , the rich : remembering the ancient yearning to crowd her life with people , with voices , with telephone calls , invitations , children , friends of children : remembering , in short the dread of solitude , the dread of reliving her mother 's unending , inexplicable , still-enduring loneliness : and across these memories , flitting in a half second , as she made her way , for light relief , towards Kate Armstrong , fortifying Kate , came the question — why did Henrietta Latchett , who must have been invited to a hundred parties tonight , who could never have known a lonely evening , why did she choose to come to us ? |
| 6 | Why did she collect the knives and forks and clear the table ? |
| 7 | ‘ And just why did she stay the night in Piazza Pitti ? ’ |
| 8 | ‘ Why did she stay on here if she dislikes him so much ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Then why did she give me away ? ’ asked Juliet . |
| 10 | Why did she leave me like that ? |
| 11 | ‘ And why did she leave ? ’ |
| 12 | Why did she feel so worried ? |
| 13 | Why did she feel so much more a person when she was not being virtuous ? |
| 14 | So why did she feel so irresistibly drawn to him ? |
| 15 | Why did she feel so strange , so … ashamed ? |
| 16 | Why did she feel then that the whole edifice was about to crumble and fall down , leaving her exposed and defenceless ? |
| 17 | She looked exactly how she had wanted to look , like a woman who had dressed for a man , so why did she feel so unsure of herself now ? |
| 18 | It was what she had thought only minutes before , so why did she feel this strange little ache to hear him repeat the sentiment ? |
| 19 | Why did she feel no embarrassment or fear at letting her fingers trace down the hair-roughened muscles of his chest to skim the flat planes of his stomach and then move on ? |
| 20 | Why did she feel like a raw beginner in medical school , having to explain her actions , or rather her lack of them , to a senior ? |
| 21 | So why did she feel like this now ? |
| 22 | His tone was perfectly reasonable , affable even , so why did she feel as though he 'd just issued a command ? |
| 23 | Why did she carry it for you ? |
| 24 | ‘ If Deveril changed her name , why did she carry the motto of her family with her ? ’ |
| 25 | Why did she want him well ? |
| 26 | Why did she want to take away the one possession that was truly valuable to him ? |
| 27 | ’ Why did she want it this afternoon ? ’ |
| 28 | So why did she want to stay ? |
| 29 | Oh dear God , why did she want to laugh and cry at the same time ? |
| 30 | Why did she want to sit next to you ? |