Example sentences of "on [noun] [vb past] [pron] [vb infin] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And what on earth made you do it ? ’ |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | What on earth did he think he knew that she did n't ? |
| 4 | ‘ Well , what on earth did he do it for ? ’ asked the Home Secretary , Sir Harry Marriott . |
| 5 | " So — why on earth did he tell you now ? " |
| 6 | Where on earth did he store it ? she wondered . |
| 7 | What on earth did she want him up there for ? |
| 8 | ‘ What on earth did she tell you ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Why on earth did she marry him , ’ she demanded fretfully , ‘ knowing she 'd have Angharad to contend with ? |
| 10 | What on earth did she think she was doing , sitting out here on her balcony in the middle of the night ? |
| 11 | ‘ How on earth did you hook him ? |
| 12 | 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 ? |
| 13 | Ah , daddy what on earth did you let him do that for dear ? |
| 14 | Honestly , Bina , what on earth did you pick him up for ? |
| 15 | ‘ But where on earth did you get it ? ’ |
| 16 | I had nearly got myself killed back there : what on earth did I think I was playing at ? |
| 17 | But I feel so awful — how on earth did I catch them ? |