Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [pron] [vb past] [adv] [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I told him about the cold-water tap , how it did not always produce more than a trickle , how frequently the pressure let us down . |
| 2 | In January 1936 he lectured in Dublin and when in June of the same year he agreed to read poetry at Sylvia Beach 's bookshop in Paris ( he was in that city for a four-day visit ) she described it as an " historic event " although one member of the audience on that occasion remembered how he did not once glance at his listeners , but seemed " fiercely defensive " and turned the pages with a " look very near distaste " : his profile was " like a bird of prey of some sort " . |
| 3 | I still could n't fathom why I did n't altogether trust the man , ‘ I must be off , ’ I muttered and returned to lim . |
| 4 | Candy would pounce on that like a terrier , demanding to know why she did n't just tell him to get lost . |
| 5 | ‘ As a nurse , I could not understand why she did not directly approach the hospitals concerned , for at that time I had little doubt that she would have received informed , prompt , honest replies . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Mind telling me , sir , why you did n't just wait in the twenty-minute car-park ? |
| 7 | it is fair to say that in the case of er in the case of Alwyn , erm because of the special circumstances where we did n't actually use a clerk of works ever on that job |
| 8 | a transcription you remember last year , we had about one week on phonetics , and John , some people came to the John talk , where we did n't really talk about phonetics script there . |
| 9 | I am still puzzled , to this day , as to why we did n't simply demand a refund and leave ; probably because we had all been looking forward to getting away so much that we were prepared to tolerate anything . |
| 10 | And 40 years ago you — or rather your semi-erect ancestors — were asking us why we did n't just change our name to New Accordion Express . |
| 11 | So he had to stand there , in the office of the Roadworking Operatives Supervisor in the Islington Council Seven Sisters Road Highways Department Depot , sweating like a pig and wondering why they did n't just get on with it and sack him as he listened to Mr Smith and his eyes hurt and he could smell his own body-odour again . |
| 12 | ‘ But what I ca n't understand is why they did n't just take our project in the first place . |
| 13 | She 'd taken him from the town and the friends that he knew and she 'd brought him to this great , dusty mausoleum of a place where he did n't even like to run around because the echo of his footsteps sounded too much like someone faceless who was following too close . |
| 14 | ‘ He 's a bit of a loner , ’ Quincx replied , unsure why he did n't just tell Leila his suppositions . |
| 15 | He wondered , more than once , why he did n't just turn round and go home . |