Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [vb past] [pron] [adv] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | God , she thought , how did it ever come to this ? |
| 2 | How did I ever fall for a paper-clip ? |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | Why did we always talk of it as ‘ the age of the Grammar School ’ ? |
| 5 | Why did she never listen to music ? |
| 6 | Why did she suddenly think of David Kent ? |
| 7 | Of course , if she found the right man , and she loved him — Now why did she suddenly think of David Kent ? |
| 8 | It was an innocuous question , so why did she suddenly feel as if she were facing the Inquisition ? |
| 9 | Oh , Christ , why did I ever get into this business ? |
| 10 | Why did I never think of this before ? she wondered blankly . |
| 11 | ‘ Why did I never hear of this ? ’ |
| 12 | Er now why did you actually move to the flats ? |
| 13 | Why did he always go for those parts , those double entendres ? |
| 14 | Why did it always have to be the trumpet-player ? |
| 15 | Shut up and since when did you ever listen to me ? |
| 16 | ‘ When did you ever look after anyone except yourself ? |
| 17 | When had he ever had to be pricked into action before ? |
| 18 | She was normally a very honest person — so why had she just lied through her teeth ? |
| 19 | Why had she ever come to town to get herself an education ? |
| 20 | Why had she never realised before this that Dana had every right to do as she pleased , regardless of how her sister felt ? |
| 21 | Why had she never realised before now that Dana resented looking like her sister ? |
| 22 | Why had she never realised before how eerie the rustling of the trees could be , how creepy the sound of the breeze rattling the reeds that lined the riverbank ? |
| 23 | Why had it never occurred to him to use it for more than carving ? |