Example sentences of "[verb] not he [adv] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Did not he ever show himself a loyal supporter of the late king your husband ? ’ |
| 2 | Why did n't he just say she looked absolutely wonderful ? |
| 3 | If that was what the speaker intended to say , why did n't he just say it ? |
| 4 | A wild idea occurred to him — why did n't he just get his spare shirts and the few pieces that he 'd picked up while he 'd been staying here , throw them all into a bag , and jump on a train or a bus to present himself on their doorstep ? |
| 5 | ‘ Did n't he ever do anything good for you ? ’ |
| 6 | Why did n't he ever buy me anything ? |
| 7 | And when their great Emperor Gia Long finally rose from the Mekong delta a century ago to unify all the peoples from Saigon to Hanoi , had n't he triumphantly renamed his new empire " Viet Nam " ? |
| 8 | Had n't he also got his landlady 's daughter with child ? |
| 9 | Had n't he already described himself as ‘ a political animal ’ — ‘ and with £19.50p attendance money a day as a Sheffield councillor , on which I 'm dependent by the way , I 'd need to be a political animal . ’ |
| 10 | In his own way he was as dangerous as Marcus — had n't he already trapped her into staying with him longer than she deemed either necessary or wise ? |
| 11 | Not that that was unusual ; had n't he always dominated whatever space he was in ? |
| 12 | I bet he does n't he even read what was in . |
| 13 | Every appearance of the boy Samuel is greeted with , ‘ Ah , does n't he just remind you of Kevin/Michael/little Christy ? |
| 14 | ‘ Why does n't he just admit he 's half queenie ? |
| 15 | ‘ If he 's a secret friend of the Moslems , why does n't he just give them the money directly . |