Example sentences of "[Wh adv] do [pron] tell " in BNC.
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| 1 | How did you tell a man who had just expressed his undying love for you and his need to remain in your arms for ever and ever that he was separated from you by a distance of fifty years , and that only by some perverse and cruel trick of time had you been allowed to meet at all ? |
| 2 | How did you tell a man like Tony Cashman to lighten up , to ease off ? |
| 3 | It also had to solve the problem of ‘ hidden lines ’ : how do you tell the computer not to draw those lines that the eye would not be able to see ? |
| 4 | How do you tell if you have an application that would benefit from this technology ? |
| 5 | One facile answer I have heard , or read , to the question : How do you tell a first edition ? is : When there is no evidence that it is anything else . |
| 6 | ‘ What 's the difference between Blue Orfe and Golden Orfe ? in or ‘ How do you tell Green Tench from Golden Tench ? in are regular questions . |
| 7 | How do you tell ? |
| 8 | How do you tell the difference ? ’ |
| 9 | How do you tell the girl ? |
| 10 | How do you tell a child why two and two make four ? |
| 11 | How do you tell them how well or how badly they 're doing ? |
| 12 | When you , how do you tell ? |
| 13 | How do you tell the age of a horse ? |
| 14 | How do you tell the age of a horse ? |
| 15 | How do I tell the compression ratio and therefore which spark plugs to use ? |
| 16 | How do I tell if I 'm reacting to a food ? |
| 17 | After the first feelings of shock turn into either joy or dismay , the question that immediately arises is , " How do I tell Mum and Dad ? " |
| 18 | They sat together on the sofa , and Cassie thought : How do I tell him ? |
| 19 | How does one tell ? ’ |
| 20 | How does it tell you ? |
| 21 | Why did nobody tell me it was like this ? ’ |
| 22 | Why did no-one tell me ? |
| 23 | Why did she tell you that ? |
| 24 | Why did I tell them it was Billy Tuckett ? |
| 25 | So why did you tell it to them ? |
| 26 | ‘ Why did you tell him that ? ’ |
| 27 | ‘ Why did you tell me that ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Why did you tell me Mills was a KGB agent , when he was n't ? ’ she asked . |
| 29 | ‘ So why did you tell all this to Nicola ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Why did you tell me ? ’ |