Example sentences of "he know why [pron] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Tell me , ’ Clinton asked softly , ‘ this Vauban — did he know why you were in France ? ’
2 ‘ Good idea , ’ Dad replied with a twinkle in his eye : he knew why they were there because he went out and fetched them in and later took them back himself .
3 He knew why they waited .
4 He knew why they had swept him from his horse and he was terrified of what they would do to him .
5 Now he knew why no-one knew him + it was all his own fault .
6 In terms of the immediate situation he did not know why , but in terms of the ultimate context of his life he knew why he trusted God who knew why .
7 He knew why he had been chosen .
8 And then he knew why she had come .
9 Hofmeyr believed he knew why she acted like this .
10 Under his gaze she had to go to the sitting-room where she had slept , while he knew why she went and knelt by the sleeping-bag , which was only just out of his line of sight .
11 She felt she must make sure he knew why she was doing this — for Marguerite alone and not because she seemed to be unable to resist when he held her .
12 His tone was grave , but there was a twinkle in his eye as though , heaven forbid , he knew why she could n't seem to keep off the subject of his personal relationships .
13 He said he knew why it might have happened but would not elaborate .
14 No one really wants to know about him , and he knows why he agreed to do the film , why on the last day of shooting he dismissed it as a ‘ stinker ’ , what he thinks of it now .
15 ‘ So he knows why I 'm going ? ’
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