Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [vb past] n't he [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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1 | Secondly , when readers complain about the lives of writers — why did n't he do this ; why did n't he protest to the newspapers about that ; why was n't he more involved in life ? — are n't they really asking a simpler , and vainer , question : why is n't he more like us ? |
2 | Why did n't he do any features ? |
3 | Well why did n't he say that yesterday then ? |
4 | Why did n't he take that with him and put it in for a minute , for god 's sake . |
5 | Why did n't he know most things by intuition — and by listening to the other animals talking ? |
6 | ‘ Hyde has been here all this time why did n't he destroy this will ? ’ |
7 | The sort of man who could have his pick of women , so why had n't he picked any ? |