Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [pers pn] get [adv] " in BNC.

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1 I began to see the nervousness in your eyes whenever I got too close to you , and when I kissed you at the inn I knew that Matilda had lied about one point at least .
2 Whenever you get here first you can go in and warm the bed up , ca n't you ? ’
3 Maybe it 's the hope that whenever you get there it will be populated with totally happy families , a Dad that is always helping Mum , and the parents giving the 2.2 children their every hearts desire .
4 His attention settled on the ducks on the lake but whenever he got near they fled in panic to the shore and sheltered under bushes and trees where he could not reach them .
5 That 's what it basically is , and whenever it gets too slick or too planned , we stop , in complete mid-stream if necessary , and just go back to being more primitive .
6 I think for a bit about going to ask him how I get home but I do n't want to ask him in case he tells Mr Jackson .
7 I do n't know how I got away with it . ’
8 I know I 'm at the station , cos that 's obvious , it 's just I ca n't exactly remember how I got here .
9 Anyway , it 's a hint as to how I got here , if nothing else . ’
10 I wonder how I got here .
11 You know , it 's like I 'm suddenly there , just sort of plonked down in a place and I got to really struggle to remember how I got there .
12 God knows how I got there .
13 No idea how I got there .
14 You see so I went went there and that 's how I got there .
15 fucking , oh j I do n't know how I got home .
16 When we left Aline at Stanley and went on up to Marcus on the floor above I asked Gwenellen how she got along with Humber .
17 ‘ We 'll go up and see if we can see how she got here .
18 She never remembered how she got home .
19 Almost without knowing how she got there , she found herself in the garden .
20 ‘ It really does n't matter to me how you get upstairs , ’ he said indifferently as he followed behind her .
21 ‘ I do n't care how you get here .
22 I ca n't remember how you get there , I ca n't remember how cards is how many cards it is , but you get loads of cards , with with pictures of different things you have to kiss and it ranges from the hand at one point , navel six points , bottom seven , lips eight points , cheek three points , erm the chest fifteen points and there 's a fig leaf one fig leaf bud in there , fifteen points and you can kiss anything you like .
23 That 's how you get there , well you wan na go there this Saturday .
24 it 's like writing an essay , you 've got to try and get as mi many things in as you would do when you if you were writing a full essay but instead of writing a paragraph on each thing you write a sentence on each thing try and cover as many bases , then , that 's how you how you get very good marks , it 's not , they are not trying to test your erm your deep knowledge about any one thing in these short answers they are testing the broad , broad venture of your , of your knowledge , alright , so what you want to try and do is to is a blunderbuss approach when you ans you answer these , these questions .
25 ‘ Tell me how you got here in the first place . ’
26 We were all asked to sit down — which was absolutely unheard of — and then he said , ‘ Well , I expect you 've all been wondering how you got here … . ’
27 Right , now you 've said where you 've , where you 've lived before and how you got here erm now you 're on the phasing are n't you ?
28 ‘ I do n't know how you got here , lady , but watch out .
29 ‘ You expect me to believe you have no idea how you got here ? ’
30 I could n't work out how you got there so quickly .
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