Example sentences of "why did [adv] he [verb] " in BNC.
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| 31 | Why did n't he tell me he 'd put the collar on upside down ? |
| 32 | And come to think of it why did n't he find himself another caddie after the first round ? ’ |
| 33 | Why did n't he try for my wallet ? ’ |
| 34 | If he is , why did n't he believe … ? , |
| 35 | He says if he wanted an equestrian centre , why did n't he buy one instead of ruining people 's lives . |
| 36 | Maybe Nevil lived here , but if he did , why did n't he used the front door ? |
| 37 | Why did n't he keep it to himself ? ’ |
| 38 | Why did n't he kiss her quite calmly in the middle of the street ? |
| 39 | Oh , God , why did n't he kiss her ? |
| 40 | 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 ? |
| 41 | ‘ Why did n't he say so ? ’ |
| 42 | Why did n't he write more , why did n't he say where he was ? |
| 43 | Well why did n't he say that yesterday then ? |
| 44 | Well , he said he was a writer , and I said I was looking for plays to invest in and why did n't he write one about his friend , and a couple of months later he 'd written something pretty splendid , had n't he ? |
| 45 | Why did n't he write again ? |
| 46 | Why did n't he write more , why did n't he say where he was ? |
| 47 | ‘ Why did n't he phone the police ? ’ |
| 48 | Why did n't he take himself off , somewhere else ? |
| 49 | He would have been even more surprised if he could have read Coffin 's thoughts : If the lad wanted to drive away , why did n't he take Rose 's car ? |
| 50 | Why did n't he take that with him and put it in for a minute , for god 's sake . |
| 51 | ‘ So why did n't he ring us ? ’ |
| 52 | Why did n't he come ? |
| 53 | Why did n't he come ? |
| 54 | Why did n't he come to my house for ? |
| 55 | Why did n't he come over and fetch the car then ? |
| 56 | Why did n't he come , was he ill ? |
| 57 | Why did n't he call them something else ? |
| 58 | Why did n't he get killed , too ? ’ |
| 59 | why did n't he get the bloody thing up there then that 's |
| 60 | Well why did n't he get on with it ? |