Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [vb base] [adv] [det] " in BNC.

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1 So how do all those animals live in the apparent absence of plants ?
2 Sole has retired from rugby at the age of 30 , when prop forwards such as he should just be coming to their prime .
3 Why do n't that work the same then ?
4 Why do n't all solids have the same strength ?
5 Why do n't all children with visual handicap wear glasses ?
6 Oh yes , I used to live , we used to live in a three bedroomed semi in before we moved to our present house , and one Christmas Ken said why do n't all our family to us , which was his mother , his father , his elder brother , his wife , two little girls from them , Tony , Karen and their little one
7 You think , ‘ Why do n't these women do something ? ’
8 Pointing to the articles left in the sorting box , the teacher asked , ‘ Why do n't these roll ? ’
9 So why do n't these guys forget about the influences and worry about what we 're doing and what we actually sound like .
10 mm yeah , well forget that Why do n't these bloody things undo ?
11 why do n't this country wake up ?
12 This is the central concern for what we may call the ‘ top-down ’ approach to the study of implementation : why do n't those who are expected to carry out policies do what is required of them ?
13 ‘ So why do n't those countries get together and refuse to pay ? ’
14 Playing with a friend as a team-made is even more fun — why do n't more sports sims have a ‘ teammakes ’ option ?
15 Why do n't more members come to the Dinner ?
16 And why do all this ?
17 Why do all these corridors look alike ?
18 Also , why do so many franchised Land Rover agents give the impression that they would rather sell complete vehicles and not bother about spare parts ?
19 Why do so many black cats have a few white hairs ?
20 Why do so many cat breeds come from the East ?
21 If doubt is human and universal , why do so many Christians treat it as dark and unmentionable , a problem that gnaws at the mind like the suspicion of cancer or troubles the conscience like a guilty thought ?
22 Why do so many people apparently tell opinion pollsters one thing and then , in the sober setting of the voting cubicles , do another ?
23 Why do so many of us feel the need to test the water first ?
24 Mr Peters asks the highly relevant question : why do so many workers leave their talents at the factory gate ?
25 Mr Peters asks the highly relevant question : why do so many workers leave their talents at the factory gate ?
26 If meetings are potentially so useful , then why do so many go wrong ?
27 Why do so many people breed just for the hell of it ?
28 Given the immense benefits of exercise , why do so many students try to avoid it ?
29 ( Why do so many comments made on children described as having special needs concentrate on their retention of arithmetic facts and algorithms ? )
30 Why do so many of us give up on diets ?
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