Example sentences of "[adv] did [pers pn] [adv] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Erm how long did you actually work at this same place for ? |
| 2 | Out of the hundreds of people I interviewed , only once did I genuinely fear for my job . |
| 3 | God , she thought , how did it ever come to this ? |
| 4 | How did I ever fall for a paper-clip ? |
| 5 | Costa and Costa1 argue that word processing programs on microcomputers " have a way of transforming even computerphobes into dedicated believers of the " how did I ever live without it " variety " and , such is the difference in quality of output between documents produced on a word processor and those handwritten or typed on a conventional typewriter , that school librarians , teachers and pupils quickly become convinced of the need for and extensive uses of such programs . |
| 6 | but , er , you look at it like this then , if we did n't crawl out of the sea and er evolve then did we just appear like a flash of lighting |
| 7 | Why did we always talk of it as ‘ the age of the Grammar School ’ ? |
| 8 | Why did they not interfere with catapults ? — these did more injury than other weapons . ’ |
| 9 | For the lord 's sake , then , why did they not put in some repairs ? |
| 10 | Then why did she not agree to it ? |
| 11 | Why did she never listen to music ? |
| 12 | Why did she suddenly think of David Kent ? |
| 13 | Of course , if she found the right man , and she loved him — Now why did she suddenly think of David Kent ? |
| 14 | It was an innocuous question , so why did she suddenly feel as if she were facing the Inquisition ? |
| 15 | Why did I not think of that , then ? |
| 16 | Oh , Christ , why did I ever get into this business ? |
| 17 | Why did I never think of this before ? she wondered blankly . |
| 18 | ‘ Why did I never hear of this ? ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Why did you not go to the feast ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Nurse Dungarvan , why did you not explain at once that Mr Leland was seeing a patient in here ? ’ |
| 21 | and I ca n't see the two people involved being able to stomach that very easily because questions like why did you not ask for counselling at the time or you were in charge and why did you not ensure he had any adequate |
| 22 | Er now why did you actually move to the flats ? |
| 23 | If he was terrified , why did he not run for safety , as any sensible rabbit would ? |
| 24 | Why did he always go for those parts , those double entendres ? |
| 25 | Why did it always have to be the trumpet-player ? |
| 26 | Shut up and since when did you ever listen to me ? |
| 27 | ‘ When did you ever look after anyone except yourself ? |
| 28 | And as her heart turned over , so she again remembered his , ‘ Believe me , I would n't take you anywhere did I not want to ’ of yesterday . |