Example sentences of "on [noun] [verb] [pron] [vb infin] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The influence of the Full Moon on Thursday makes you feel irritable — expressing this by losing your temper could well clear the air , and boost your morale . |
| 2 | What on earth made him use this appalling Americanism , he wondered . |
| 3 | ‘ What on earth makes you say that ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ What on earth makes you ask that ? ’ |
| 5 | Well just corsets like that , and they 're fastened on the front with things that clicked in and then sometimes they would have a What they called a Oh what on earth did they call that ? |
| 6 | " But where on earth did he get that idea ? " |
| 7 | Now how on earth did he say such a thing ? |
| 8 | ‘ Why on earth did you want old Puddephat 's opinion in the first place ? ’ he asked . |
| 9 | ‘ What on earth did you do that for ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ Why on earth did you do that , Christina ? |
| 11 | high fall What on earth did you do that for , Peter ? rise fall I quite agree with you , my dear chap . |
| 12 | What on earth did you do that for ? ’ |
| 13 | Q : How on earth did you manage that ? |
| 14 | Where on earth did you get that material ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ How on earth did you get this ? ’ he said . |
| 16 | ‘ How on earth did you obtain this information ? |
| 17 | ‘ How on earth do you do that ? ’ |
| 18 | Then , his expression tuned to register only mild surprise , he asked , ‘ How on earth do you pick one person from that kind of crowd ? ’ |
| 19 | You 've talked about fairly large distances , distances that you could n't possibly measure with tape measures and using normal methods of measurement , how on earth do you know these distances are the kind you describe ? |
| 20 | How on earth d' you remember that , prick them out ? |