Example sentences of "she [verb] why [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her voice rose , as she thought she realised why he had kissed her earlier . |
| 2 | It was only when she sat down that she realized why there were several spaces : her section of the carriage contained a group of unruly Italian teenagers who were obviously well beyond the control of the two middle-aged nuns accompanying them . |
| 3 | When he called them and turned smiling to her she realized why he had said it was a certainty . |
| 4 | Mary must have noticed my changed mood because she asked why I was so miserable . |
| 5 | She asked why I had said nothing about that accident on the bypass , or seeing Old Red and General Francis on my holiday . |
| 6 | Then she asked why I was laughing again , and I said that that was n't what had happened , and she looked angry , and I had a shower . |
| 7 | Then she wonders why we have n't got on with the work . |
| 8 | She wonders why he has invited her into his office . |
| 9 | She says that in retrospect , she wonders why she allowed herself to wade through it . |
| 10 | Twice a day she swims and sometimes when she 's tired , she wonders why she keeps it up ; but the answer to that is she enjoys it so much . |
| 11 | Now if she says why we were not here or say say she tells you she called on Saturday and we were out just say to her Raymond was drinking stout ! |
| 12 | I mean why do n't you just if she says why I mean she 'll obviously have Sandy there and Sandy 'll say why is n't Carla speaking to you ? |
| 13 | When she heard why she was missing , Di immediately agreed to meet Tessa when her official visit was over . |
| 14 | She puzzled why she was bitchy . |
| 15 | Sometime she felt so fond of him that she inclined to a belief in reincarnation , feeling that they must once have been twins : she understood him far too well for her peace of mind , and she knew why her brothers detested him ; apart from the fact that they were racists , they were baffled by his charm and his after-shave . |
| 16 | She knew why her mother sought her outside . |
| 17 | She had known Sam all her life and though he was a worthy and hard-working man , she knew why she had held back from agreeing to marry him . |
| 18 | Of course she knew why she had been so anxious to come ; there must be some , perhaps many , people here who could tell her about S. Kettering . |
| 19 | She sipped at a glass of water , wishing she knew why she was so very afraid . |
| 20 | Sally-Anne opened her eyes , tried to sit up — a mistake that , everything reeled around her again ; but memory had returned and she knew why she was in this room … and even why she had reached there , but not how . |
| 21 | She knew why she had pulled away from him the night before — because she could n't allow herself to become remotely interested in him . |
| 22 | She knew why he had come and what he would tell her , and she did n't want to hear it . |
| 23 | Carrie had seen the accountant 's bill for the previous year 's work and she knew why he never complained . |
| 24 | She knew why he had come before he knocked on her door . |
| 25 | Now she knew why he was consorting with a countess . |
| 26 | She knew why he sounded so strangled when she saw herself . |
| 27 | She knew why he was doing this and she knew too that this was an intimacy she had never permitted before in her life . |
| 28 | Then she knew why he was taking his time . |
| 29 | Now she knew why it had to be Felipe . |
| 30 | A little overwhelmed by the extent of his authority , she understood why she 'd been drawn to him . |