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The phrase "why he was working" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the reasons or motivations behind someone's work or actions. Example: "She asked him why he was working late on a Friday night."
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When I asked Dr. Landrigan why he was working for the plaintiffs he said: "The removal of paint from apartment buildings is expensive.
"I know a lot about pre-Shamanistic native cultures," Mr. Paglia said, explaining why he was working on entries for metallurgy in Japan and the pre-Roman Empire instead of those related to art.
In the early stages of his rehabilitation, Thomas would watch old game tape of himself while walking on a treadmill to remind him of why he was working so hard to come back.
On a busy Saturday at the Nepperhan Avenue store, as he chatted with a former Hastings customer who had come to check on him, a woman greeted him, wondering why he was working at the Yonkers store.
But he had a secret desire to make his mark in the arts, and that is why he was working on a screenplay, finishing a novel and launching a film-production company in his spare time.
When I asked him why he was working so hard, he said, 'come on Jeremiah get off your arse and do something.'" Tower agrees that he had indeed been sitting on his arse for quite a few years, in Mexico where he had retired to renovate houses.
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It explains why he's always on the wrong floor, why he's working outside Pete's office, why he was eager to help Pete's mother, why he's a good ear for Joan.
That's why he is working with a technology company that infuses hospital equipment with silver ion particles, which serve as an antimicrobial shield.
Tambor is one of the finest American character actors working today, which explains why he is working so much – "And at the age of 70!
On the husband's end, he doesn't understand why he's working 50-plus hours a week to financially support a grown woman as well as their children only to come home to the expectation that he do 50% of the housework and support his wife's unpaid volunteer efforts.
That's why he's working on a group called the Better Angels Society, a network of fundraisers each expected to bring in $100,000.
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