Example sentences of "why he [verb] n't [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He 's had er , he 's had heart trouble that 's why he does n't go dancing . |
| 2 | I do n't understand why he does n't do it himself . |
| 3 | I do n't know what 's wrong with him , why he does n't see the need to be supporting the freedom fighters . ’ |
| 4 | Oh they will , mind , they 'll want to know where their daddy is , and why he does n't come ! |
| 5 | I am a fan and I can not understand why he does n't sell in the David Lodge league , for he well worth recommending . |
| 6 | oh like totally over , that 's why he does n't need to wear t too many swimming trunks cos you ca n't see anything anyway |
| 7 | Several months ago at a party I asked him why he had n't written a book about his years in the Himalaya . |
| 8 | It Was a funny place for Charlie Hatton to have found himself in and Wexford wondered why he had n't attended the dentist in the town . |
| 9 | Two years after that last fight , Ali seemed as mystified as everyone else as to why he had n't ended his career earlier . |
| 10 | Frequently Ruth wondered why he had n't ended up in borstal or some other institution . |
| 11 | Then Sutton , says he , got narked and asked Pilger why he had n't applied for the editor 's job himself . |
| 12 | Mortimer wondered why he had n't thought of that before . |
| 13 | Once , on a rare occasion before their marriage when they were left without a chaperone , she had asked him why he had n't married before ? |
| 14 | ‘ I did ask him why he had n't let me know on his way there that he would be coming later . |
| 15 | That would certainly explain why he had n't taken her into the back close , or asked her out . |
| 16 | No doubt Luke would turn out to have good reason for breaking their date ; no doubt there was an equally good reason why he had n't rung her in person to apologise . |
| 17 | Worse , she had fallen asleep again , cradled to the warmth of his body , after asking him why he had n't rescued her ! |
| 18 | Bob tried to remember why he had n't told her . |
| 19 | In answer to the reporters ' questions as to why he had n't put up a defence for Mitchum , Geisler said , ‘ The evidence was in the transcript . |
| 20 | He wondered what it could be that was so urgent , and why he had n't mentioned it yesterday over lunch . |
| 21 | But Jekub did n't grumble , and he did n't keep on asking Dorcas why he had n't got around to inventing radio yet . |
| 22 | I asked him why he had n't got on with the other passengers . |
| 23 | They were brilliant times to live in he then me uncle Ed come on leave , from France , yeah I had a look at his rifle he used to bring all his equipment cos they did n't know if the units had moved when they got back and if they used to be lucky enough to get a leave , they used to have to bring all their equipment with them you see and he used to bring his rifle , everything on leave , and I , I always remember asking him why he had n't , if he 'd killed any Germans , why he had n't got any notches on his rifle he erm |
| 24 | Lincoln solved the codes during his holiday and on his return home contacted de Sede and asked him why he had n't published the solution . |
| 25 | I thought , I wonder why he do n't wear his socks ? |
| 26 | That 's why he do n't know when he 's gon na get round to see Kevin . |
| 27 | Well well that is why he do n't need to put anything in his ears . |
| 28 | I wonder why he did n't go and work at the bank ? ’ |
| 29 | No , he wanted more than just her body , although what and why he did n't care to analyse . |
| 30 | In a voice that made it sound like an article of faith , Christine said : ‘ We both know that your father did n't kill mine so why he was late and why he did n't tell the police about it does n't matter . ’ |