Example sentences of "on [noun] [vb past] [pron] [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ And what on earth made you do it ? ’
2 But what on earth made you think there were two of them ?
3 You 've had two and a bit examples , a thirteen year old with their questions about life , what 's it all for , who put us here and what on earth did they put us here for .
4 What on earth did he think he knew that she did n't ?
5 ‘ Well , what on earth did he do it for ? ’ asked the Home Secretary , Sir Harry Marriott .
6 " So — why on earth did he tell you now ? "
7 Where on earth did he store it ? she wondered .
8 What on earth did she want him up there for ?
9 ‘ What on earth did she tell you ? ’
10 ‘ Why on earth did she marry him , ’ she demanded fretfully , ‘ knowing she 'd have Angharad to contend with ?
11 What on earth did she think she was doing , sitting out here on her balcony in the middle of the night ?
12 Once he did protest , " Why on earth did you trump my ace ? "
13 ‘ How on earth did you hook him ?
14 The lean times seemed very hard , but the thing you think of when you have some success is how on earth did you survive them ?
15 Ah , daddy what on earth did you let him do that for dear ?
16 Honestly , Bina , what on earth did you pick him up for ?
17 ‘ But where on earth did you get it ? ’
18 I had nearly got myself killed back there : what on earth did I think I was playing at ?
19 But I feel so awful — how on earth did I catch them ?
20 I thought how on earth did I get myself
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