Example sentences of "why he [vb past] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That was why he relied chiefly on Simenon , an author for whom he preserved a high opinion all his life . |
| 2 | And another reason why he grew more and more weighty was his refusal to accept Guff . |
| 3 | Why he seemed so determined to treat her as a friend when all her instincts told her that he was in love with her . |
| 4 | Well that 's why he went probably ! |
| 5 | ‘ I know why he went there . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ That could be why he went home that day feeling groggy . |
| 7 | Then if Mr Major takes a cool look at why Mrs Thatcher was overthrown , why he became Prime Minister in 1990 , and why he came so near to defeat in 1992 , he will see a cycle of excessive boom , high inflation and then prolonged recession . |
| 8 | The driver then has the ticklish problem of explaining to the missus why he came home by bus . |
| 9 | Mr Clarke said that he commented to his wife : ‘ That must be the reason why he came across . |
| 10 | That is why he manoeuvred frantically , and brilliantly , to fend off the challenge to his party leadership last month . |
| 11 | That is why he spent as much time as he possibly could outside the ring , talking about anything but the council tax . |
| 12 | She knew why he sounded so strangled when she saw herself . |
| 13 | I suddenly realized why he smoked so much and felt queasy all over again . |
| 14 | I think Eddie was frightened , and that 's why he gambled so heavily at the end . ’ |
| 15 | That was when she understood why he looked so strange . |
| 16 | I did not notice the weather or my surroundings at all , I only wanted to know why he looked so fierce . |
| 17 | That explains why he ran away from the house instead of towards it . |
| 18 | He was asked why he 'd later dumped lengths of pipe at nearby Slade Quarry and then twice lied to police about it . |
| 19 | Even royal uncles traditionally drew the line at that , something which explains why Gloucester 's action seemed so shocking to contemporaries and , perhaps , why he got away with it so easily in the short term . |
| 20 | She had always been quite dependent on Keith , which was why he got away with such a lot , but eventually she has grown more confident , and believes that she can now make it on her own . |
| 21 | Even royal uncles traditionally drew the line at that , something which explains why Gloucester 's action seemed so shocking to contemporaries and , perhaps , why he got away with it so easily in the short term . |
| 22 | That 's why he got away without too much damage |
| 23 | And he said this and he was n't I mean particularly , he said oh she 's just , you know she , she 's like sailed through Haileybury , she gets out of everything , she , he , he 's really keen on the sports side of things here so I do n't know why he got so het up about it but he said it really er pissed him off the way she erm |
| 24 | As they came alongside each other , Natasha said : ‘ I once asked Maurice why he thought so highly of you , Charlie . |
| 25 | All Boy could think of to explain this was that the man was older than he was , and that he actually had a husband in a sort of way , and not just for one night or a few nights , and so that had to be why he felt differently about the films he watched . |
| 26 | Li Yuan sat there , looking up at the image of his father 's father , wondering why he felt so little . |
| 27 | Did Boy ever ask himself why he did n't dream about men , when he got home from The Bar — why he had instead these strange dreams of shoots , bulbs and roots ; roots kept in the dark , waiting to flower , needing a gardener 's attention ? |
| 28 | Brucie should have asked his old mucker why he had apparently given up his comedy career to become a fulltime golfer , but he seemed more interested in sticking to what appeared to be a well-prepared script . |
| 29 | Brucie should have asked his old mucker why he had apparently given up his comedy career to become a full-time golfer , but he seemed more interested in sticking to what appeared to be a well-prepared script . |
| 30 | Brucie should have asked his old mucker why he had apparently given up his comedy career to become a full-time golfer , but he seemed more interested in sticking to what appeared to be a well-prepared script . |