Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [pers pn] [be] [v-ing] in [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I want to know how he 's doing in general and where he needs a bit of encouragement .
2 Loyal Norling praised the refereeing of the games ; but from where I was sitting in most of the games an unfit Norling with his flair and two good touch judges would have been preferable to most of the referees I saw .
3 Another is why I am writing in this composition book .
4 I ca n't think why she 's behaving in such a way . ’
5 Most of the company wives do n't see their husbands for about sixty five per cent of the year , which is actually a very long time when you 're living in these sort of conditions .
6 Not to the extent where you 're living in each other 's pockets , it 's just that er you know enough about each other to see if there 's anything out of the ordinary happening .
7 Hellen and I had tea with them there in 1954 when we were living in nearby Cobham .
8 Next in seniority come the Circuit judges ( often referred to as County Court judges when they are sitting in that court ) each of whom is referred to as Judge So-and-so .
9 Jim Knox , an Oldham director , says that the club have fulfilled their financial obligations to Round and do not know why he is behaving in this way .
10 You may well be better off without him instead of living in limbo , not knowing what he 's thinking or why he 's acting in this way .
11 She had no idea why Lucenzo should be remotely interested , or why he was waiting in such a fever of anticipation for her answer .
12 He had no idea why he was behaving in such a flighty way .
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