Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Mister , I do n't know 'ow to thank you , honest I do n't , you 've got more human kindness than a bishop . |
| 2 | They flittered down the stairs , Ginger Rogers a deux , and draped themselves round the nearest male , an elderly , pale faced banker — ‘ Allo , ’ they purred , ‘ 'Ow do you like sex ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Now 'ow do I look , Sam ? ’ she asked as she stood preening herself . |
| 4 | ‘ 'Ow did it 'appen then ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ 'Ow did yer guess ? ’ |
| 6 | Lucy 's black friend Yvonne puts it this way ; ‘ On the whole right , it 's the people in authority what brings that tension around , you know , 'cos the black people are thinkin' 'ow comes they not gettin' all the jobs , you know . ’ |
| 7 | SINCE we are in the middle of the International Coffee Organisation meeting -how do they pass a week without a visible result ? — I thought it appropriate to think about tea . |
| 8 | She whenever did she do it ? |
| 9 | I mean , you know , whenever have you ever known someone to get constipated from Chinese , you know , but it always happens at the Indian , always , always ! |
| 10 | ‘ Fred ’ was the beginning of my layers , the bottom strata of the well wherein lay my strength . |
| 11 | Lastly , I should not choose this manner of writing , wherein knowing myself inferior to myself , led by the genial power of nature to another task , I have the use as I may account that of my left hand . ’ |
| 12 | Wh-when do you expect Mr Marshall back ? ’ |
| 13 | For example-where does it originate ? — Is it reliable ? — is it complete ? — is it useful ? |
| 14 | Every now and again you 're with somebody who 's putting their foot down and either not anticipating enough or not thinking in enough depth , or they might have an attitude whereby sod it , I 'm just going anyway . |
| 15 | ‘ And whereabouts did you visualize all this happening ? ’ |
| 16 | Where did you work , whereabouts did you work ? |
| 17 | Whereabouts did you go yesterday ? |
| 18 | Whereabouts did you say your mum were born ? |
| 19 | Whereabouts did you get them ? |
| 20 | Whereabouts did it fall ? |
| 21 | Whereabouts do they run courses and do you know if any centres provide training while you work ? |
| 22 | ‘ Whereabouts do you come from , Mr — ? ’ |
| 23 | And whereabouts do you go , just |
| 24 | ‘ Whereabouts do you keep the spare hearing-aid ? ’ |
| 25 | But whereabouts do you hope to be at the end of twenty minutes , however long we 've got . |
| 26 | Whereabouts do you live ? |
| 27 | Whereabouts do you live |
| 28 | Whereabouts does she live in London ? |
| 29 | Whereabouts does your husband work ? |
| 30 | Whereabouts have they took it to ? |