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
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