Example sentences of "why did he [vb infin] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 That lock of her hair he had , kept in a pill box — why did he return it ?
2 Why did he do it ?
3 And why did he do it when it was perfectly possible for him to have experimented on any cadaver purchased by him for his medical academy ?
4 Why did he do it ?
5 And if he is a Friend ( she remembered the shadow-horror of her garden-master ) why did he do it to me anyway ?
6 Why did he do it ?
7 Why did he mention me at all ? ’
8 Why did he knock them down ?
9 I mean , why did he give us all these flowers ? ’
10 But why did he shout it ?
11 And if he knew why did he tell her and annoy her still further ?
12 Why did he tell us to go to the front stairs ? ’
13 Why did he leave me there ? ’
14 Why did he say he would rather resign than do a deal over PR , unless he knew he would n't have to ?
15 Why did he keep it locked ?
16 Then why did he put her up at Ascot rather than one of the top jockeys ?
17 Now why did he call it that , rather than making love ?
18 Then why did he ask me out ?
19 Then why did he ask me out ?
20 All Jason can say to visitors at hospital is : ‘ Why did he shoot me ? ’
21 Some people might ask , if George loved Lennie that much , why did he shoot him in the end .
22 Why did he humiliate me so ?
23 Why did he cut you down ?
24 But if he knew — why did he let it go on ?
25 Either was possible but why did he disbelieve her ?
26 If he had no intention of using four foreigners , why did he have them among his sixteen ?
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