Example sentences of "did [not/n't] he " in BNC.

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1 It was in Mr Dunn 's interests to return the summons with his answers , because if he did not he would never know of judgement made against him in court declaring he owed Mr Rich the sum he claimed .
2 Did not he ever show himself a loyal supporter of the late king your husband ? ’
3 With Thursday only a day or so hence , why did not he inform us there and then that he would be unable to convey our message to the queen our mother ?
4 Did n't he poison someone ? ’
5 Did n't he do well ?
6 Harold Wilson always used to say he 'd never got past page one , did n't he ?
7 Did n't he have the anaemia , and the Hodgkiss , and a touch of leukaemia too .
8 Same goes , I supposed , for today 's batsmen ; though did n't he play on better pitches ?
9 ‘ And did n't he do it well ? ’
10 Why did n't he kiss her quite calmly in the middle of the street ?
11 Did n't he ever stop talking , poking his nose in ?
12 Why did n't he go back with Mrs Wright ?
13 ‘ He pinched them off you , did n't he ? ’
14 Why did n't he let him out ?
15 That 's the admirable way our good Lord arranged it , did n't he ?
16 He used to help out down there , did n't he ? ’
17 Simon said that as well , about the kiosk , did n't he ?
18 He knew before you did , did n't he ? ’
19 I mean , he lied about everything else , did n't he ? ’
20 Did n't he try to hurt you ?
21 There was no reply and Clarissa said they could n't hear him , so why did n't he leave it ? ’
22 He flung the bedclothes back but not nearly so purposefully as heretofore , and he stayed on his back beside Clarissa who begged him not to go shouting just for once , because that was what the gramophone girl wanted , did n't he see ?
23 Clarissa said it did n't seem to matter , because here he was , free again , and did n't he feel ashamed of getting tiddly at lunchtime ?
24 ‘ Well , he did , did n't he ? ’
25 So to the middle-aged man who came up to me in the car park and confessed that in the fifth form he had been silently in love with me — why did n't he say so at the time ?
26 Well , I said , floundering a little , boys were notoriously backward and so were twins and , really , did n't he think …
27 Said everything came down to sex , did n't he ? ’
28 Why did n't he try for my wallet ? ’
29 ‘ Well , he knew , did n't he ?
30 Why did n't he want to remember it ?
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