Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [verb] i [vb pp] " in BNC.
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1 | no , oh Rick , Rick borrow bikes were n't we ? , so how come I done it ? |
2 | How had I done as a test-pilot ? |
3 | And how had I chosen what was ‘ right ’ and what was ‘ wrong ’ ? |
4 | For the sake of this exercise , it matters little that , as a Soviet planner , I fail to narrow the gap between my compressor technology and yours ; nor does it concern me that one rouble of imported Western equipment requires five roubles in investment support : if the six roubles I invest produce fifty roubles of output , how have I injured myself ? |
5 | And how have I done this , Caroline ? |
6 | How have I demonstrated that I have initiative/staying power/ leadership qualities/flexibility/get on well with people/can work without supervision ? |
7 | How have I waited so long ? |
8 | How have I seen the casual passer through the Cloisters stand still , intranced with admiration ( while he weighed the disproportion between the speech and the garb of the young Mirandula ) , to hear thee unfold , in thy deep and sweet intonations , the mysteries of Jamblichus , or Plotinus ( for even in those years thou waxedst not pale at such philosophic draughts ) , or reciting Homer in his Greek , or Pindar — while the walls of the old Grey Friars re-echoed to the accents of the inspired charity-boy ! |
9 | ‘ Tell me , how have I gone about reminding you of my authority ? ’ |
10 | Four how have I got four ? |
11 | Well how have I got , those down , as , these are Mid Northumberland ? |
12 | How have I got ? |
13 | ‘ How have I brought down a Cabinet Minister ? |
14 | How have I brought him down ? |
15 | How have I changed since then ? |
16 | Why 've I got what ? |
17 | Where had I heard that voice before ? |
18 | Now where had I heard that before ? |
19 | Same as yesterday , and where had I got ? |
20 | Why had I said that , in God 's name ? |
21 | Why had I had cancer ? |
22 | Why had I listened to him ? |
23 | Where 've I got ta put that ? . |
24 | When have I done anything less than love you with a passion that you chose to throw back in my face , not once but twice ? |
25 | When have I had an opportunity to watch the tape ? |
26 | When have I nicked your potion ? |
27 | And where have I landed , I 've landed in convent I left home |
28 | ‘ Now where have I heard that name ? |
29 | Now where have I heard that before ? |
30 | Anyway I 'll , I 'll just finish er telling you this , so Robert 's then sitting back smug with himself and looking at me as if to say what do you think about then , and I 'm thinking I 've heard these words before , where have I heard these words before |