Example sentences of "[verb] [Wh adv] [pers pn] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Did you think I had forgotten how you smuggled that message out of Tracy , forcing me to lose almost everything ? |
| 2 | Now I do n't know how they managed this dear because she was coming round in the day with little Donna with her and I was around and there you are you see . |
| 3 | and I found two pairs of Michelle 's knickers after that , I did n't know what , now I do n't know how they manage this year because , she was coming round in the day with little Donna with her and I was around , there you are , you see , these , they , they will love and find a way , anyway , erm , I said dear look , a woman needs a man to support her I said mark my words when the chap that she 's got at the moment is taken her out to disco 's and things , she 'll find that he does n't really want to kick in and help to support her . |
| 4 | You do n't really know how he had this information . |
| 5 | He 's very insecure I do n't know how he got that way . |
| 6 | A poll that would satisfy the aesthetic sense of a professional statistician would , for example , always ask any Do n't Know how he voted last time , and collate this information into the poll . |
| 7 | I do n't know how you spell that word suc |
| 8 | I do n't know how you get any enjoyment out of doing that . |
| 9 | I do n't know how you sleep all night with all that traffic going up and down . |
| 10 | On Friday , Paula , whose writing emphasises the sound of language , demonstrated how she uses electronic technology to project and enhance her voice during the performance of her work . |
| 11 | Florentin Popescu 's poem , ‘ In Simple Words ’ , expressed the whole people 's love for the ‘ woman as scholar ’ whose ‘ name we say when we use simple words : water , sun and bread ’ . |
| 12 | It is not the question of what in general we say when we assert such conditionals , or what they are about , but the question of what reasons we have for saying what we do . |
| 13 | I can understand soldiers being allowed to play with guns , but I would like to know where he got those handcuffs . ’ |
| 14 | I do not know where they get these dogs . |
| 15 | My sister and I had a hazy idea that he sold rabbit skins from a sort of tray suspended from his neck — but as he was always beautifully neat and clean I do n't know where we got this idea from . |
| 16 | She should have said , I do n't know where you got these things , but please put them away before somebody sees the sun glinting off them and assumes it 's me spying on the guests . |
| 17 | ‘ Look , Luke , I do n't know where you think this evening is leading , ’ she had plunged in determinedly . |
| 18 | I , I do n't know where he gets that figure from . |
| 19 | That way , if you should pass out before the ambulance arrives they will know when you last applied pressure . |
| 20 | Let me know when you locate this bandit and I 'll cut the engines . ’ |
| 21 | I do n't quite know why they put that edge on in the first place . |
| 22 | Do you know why they wear one shoe ? |
| 23 | ‘ Do n't know why I feel this way . |
| 24 | ‘ You snob , I do n't know why you dislike drip-dry shirts so much . |
| 25 | why , that 's what the problem you 've spoken for a long time you just know it , but you do n't know why you use that way , you just do that way . |
| 26 | Do you know why you got that way ? |
| 27 | Never say you do not know why you picked certain subjects , or that other people decided for you , as this will show you in a negative light . |
| 28 | And , seventy seven people say yes , and twenty three people say no , and are n't you fascinated to know why they voted that way ? |
| 29 | ‘ I guess those European Government bastards would object wherever we located European headquarters , ’ said Cocello . |
| 30 | Barfield describes how he read this sentence , slapped down the book and shouted : ‘ I do n't believe it ! |