Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [vb past] [pron] [verb] [adj] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How dared he use such effrontery ? |
| 2 | He examined the problems of ‘ How Did We Get This Way — And Where Are We Going ? ’ , arguing that since the last war Britain especially has presented management with a host of entirely new problems . |
| 3 | How did we get this piece . |
| 4 | How did you do this gravy then dad ? |
| 5 | And how how did you make these weer ones ? |
| 6 | ‘ How did you know this man 's name was Quince ? ’ asked Bramble with a hint of incredulity . |
| 7 | Now as you know when we used to do the sums we used to have a little bit of paper and , and work it out on this separate bit of paper , but he said to me out of the blue he said , where did it , how did you get that figure ? |
| 8 | ‘ How did you get this address ? ’ she asked . |
| 9 | How did you get this stick then ? |
| 10 | But when and how did I make this escape ? |
| 11 | But how had he learned that expertise ? |
| 12 | ‘ Why did ye let that oul bastard treat ye that way ? ’ |
| 13 | Why did they say that migration occurs even when we have high unem unemployment ? |
| 14 | But if the project 's scientists — and the intellectual giants who ran Britain 's nuclear programme at the time — were n't all that sure about the measurements , why did they call large press conferences ( on 23 January , 1958 ) and flood the scientific press with detailed descriptions of the work ? |
| 15 | He looked perfectly amiable , so why did she get this feeling of apprehension , as though he was playing some sort of waiting game ? |
| 16 | Why did I have this feeling ? |
| 17 | The first question really should be ‘ why did I buy this machine ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ Why did you send that man to my office ? |
| 19 | Now why did you leave first time ? |
| 20 | Why did you choose modern furniture ? |
| 21 | Oh , why did you paint this picture ? |
| 22 | Right so you do it on other side and then work out what that comes to , so why did you multiply that side by a hundred ? |
| 23 | Why did you come this way ? ’ |
| 24 | Why did you take such trouble to make me believe you wished to marry Miss Ingram ? ’ |
| 25 | ‘ If it is n't true , ’ said Mavis coldly , ‘ why did you say this morning that your car would be just right for me ? ’ |
| 26 | Why did you approve this action ? |
| 27 | ( Why did you lose that contract ? |
| 28 | ‘ Why did you write that tailpiece to the article , by the way ? |
| 29 | ‘ Jacob , why did you let this stranger into my house ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ Jamie , why did you cause that scene ? ’ |