Example sentences of "why he [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although I have to confess I wondered why he kept telling me about you . |
| 2 | This is the reason why he chose to do dentistry rather than Art Restoration , despite the fact that , ‘ I lurv Russian icons . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ When asked why he chose to test his cars by driving them nonstop , the 600 miles to Scotland and back , W O explained that it was illuminating to drive a car when tired : all its faults would scream out at you . ’ |
| 4 | Each shot is accompanied by a few paragraphs about the subject 's history , or why he chose to photograph it . |
| 5 | Why he chose to throw his weight behind a man who stood such a slender chance remains unclear . |
| 6 | When W. H. Auden once found him playing that game and asked him why he seemed to relish it , he reflected gravely and then replied , " Well , I suppose it 's the nearest thing to being dead " . |
| 7 | We knew that when he went , went there , that 's why he went boarding . |
| 8 | We used to call him Daddy Wilkins because he was the father of a large family , but they had all grown up , got married and spread about , so he was left on his own — probably not able to cook for himself which is why he went to live at Mrs Raw 's place . |
| 9 | He knew that that was one of the reasons why he went to see George Birkitt first on his back-stage round at the ‘ half ’ . |
| 10 | Polybius explains in Book 3 why he proposes to extend his exposition to cover the next twenty years by saying : " Since judgements regarding either victors or vanquished based purely on the actual struggles are not final … |
| 11 | If the hon. Member for Copeland is complaining about the level of tax now , the country wants to know why he proposes to add considerably to it . |
| 12 | This is another reason why he likes working with people he knows , because they also know him and his quirks , and Carol knew what to write for him . |
| 13 | He chose not to investigate the possibility that there might , after all , be other reasons why he wished to quit his homeland . |
| 14 | Rousseau understood this , and that is one reason why he wished to distinguish between the will of all and what he called " the general will " . |
| 15 | Today gives Mr Kinnock his chance , not to be serious about wanting to win - he has amply proven that — but to say why he deserves to win . |
| 16 | But despite frequent beatings by Mrs Mann , his spirit was strong , which was probably the reason why he managed to reach the age of nine at all . |
| 17 | After hearing all the views and ideas , Robert said the reason why he favours removing the screen is that it brings information services closer to our members . |
| 18 | Why he plays Does he play with toilet paper ? |
| 19 | Probably the most important thing about George is why he continued to travel with Lennie for so long and why he needed him . |
| 20 | He 'd lied about so much else , and it was quite clear now why he 'd wanted to know so much about Ryan , where he was , what he 'd done ; he 'd wanted to know how much or how little Ryan had told her so that he did n't make the same mistakes . |
| 21 | It also became clear why he 'd wanted to make love to her ; to make her believe he cared , because if she cared for him who better to persuade the colonel to tell his friends on the council to let the plans go through ? |
| 22 | Perhaps that was why he 'd waited . |
| 23 | She had guessed by that time that , since he had n't yet stated why he 'd waited an hour to see her , he was saving what he 'd come to tell her until they were inside her flat . |
| 24 | He did n't quite know why he 'd hoped that Alex could be cleared of the murder , but the confirmation of his friend 's guilt sapped him of all energy . |
| 25 | He had spent the morning in bed with Rosie , which was why he 'd missed his date down at the docks , she had rung him at ten to eight . |
| 26 | And if for some strange reason he 'd been misinformed , been told that the horse had lost , then it was difficult to see why he 'd kept the slips so carefully in his wallet . |
| 27 | That was why he 'd turned round . |
| 28 | I asked him why he 'd lost his own teeth and he said the cause had been pyorrhea . |
| 29 | Again , that 's fine , but the member had no idea as to exactly why he 'd lost the appeal . |
| 30 | Perhaps that would explain it , why he 'd lost his composure with Antonini , why he 'd reacted as he had to the woman . |