Example sentences of "why he [verb] [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 | Then there was the element of fascination — I know practically nothing about him , nor what his business activities are or why he spends so much time in foreign countries . |
| 5 | Well that 's why he went probably ! |
| 6 | ‘ I know why he went there . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ That could be why he went home that day feeling groggy . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | The driver then has the ticklish problem of explaining to the missus why he came home by bus . |
| 10 | Mr Clarke said that he commented to his wife : ‘ That must be the reason why he came across . |
| 11 | That is why he manoeuvred frantically , and brilliantly , to fend off the challenge to his party leadership last month . |
| 12 | That is why he spent as much time as he possibly could outside the ring , talking about anything but the council tax . |
| 13 | When we compare such a view with that of Althusser , we can see why he feels so strongly that the scope of Marx 's theory has not been recognised . |
| 14 | She knew why he sounded so strangled when she saw herself . |
| 15 | I suddenly realized why he smoked so much and felt queasy all over again . |
| 16 | He is a teacher , I thought : that is why he talks so well . |
| 17 | I think Eddie was frightened , and that 's why he gambled so heavily at the end . ’ |
| 18 | Why he looking there for ? |
| 19 | That was when she understood why he looked so strange . |
| 20 | I did not notice the weather or my surroundings at all , I only wanted to know why he looked so fierce . |
| 21 | That explains why he ran away from the house instead of towards it . |
| 22 | He was asked why he 'd later dumped lengths of pipe at nearby Slade Quarry and then twice lied to police about it . |
| 23 | 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 . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | That 's why he got away without too much damage |
| 27 | 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 |
| 28 | As they came alongside each other , Natasha said : ‘ I once asked Maurice why he thought so highly of you , Charlie . |
| 29 | I do n't fully understand why he does so much to distance me . |
| 30 | 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 . |