Example sentences of "[Wh adv] did i [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 31 | ‘ How did I get into this , Doctor ? ’ |
| 32 | Her glance was drawn back to the bed again when , clearly befuddled , and with no idea how he came to be where he was , he slurred , ‘ How did I get here ? ’ |
| 33 | How did I know that they would say yes so readily ? |
| 34 | How did I know he was the world 's greatest ? |
| 35 | How did I know that such-and-such a principle was right , especially when no one there shared it ? |
| 36 | How did I know he was leadership stuff ? |
| 37 | How did I know she had nothing on under her dress ? |
| 38 | ‘ How did I know ? ’ she asked . |
| 39 | How did I know all about him ? ’ |
| 40 | But how could she be so certain that her intention would be transparent to me , and how did I understand her meaning so accurately ? |
| 41 | But how could she be so certain that her intention would be transparent to me , and how did I understand her meaning so accurately ? |
| 42 | How did I see him then ? |
| 43 | But how did I try to get this influence over working men ? |
| 44 | ‘ How did I let it happen ? |
| 45 | Circumstances dictated that I had to wait nearly two years ( how did I survive ? ) . |
| 46 | how did I get how did I come out with three last time ? |
| 47 | How did I come over , Jannie ? ’ |
| 48 | Even the small talk ( ‘ How did I come to be in the show ? |
| 49 | So how did I come to be in the car in the middle of the night when I should have been in bed sound asleep ? |
| 50 | Erm as well as all that erm I 'll just try and add in the extra bits that Erm what was oh sorry how did I come to Friends Provident then ? |
| 51 | How did I come to Friends Provident ? |
| 52 | For that matter , how did I keep going today ? – Again and again you tell yourself , as you place each throbbing foot before the other on the hard tarmac , that the whole thing is monstrous , insane , self-inflicted torture . |
| 53 | How did I hear about it ? |
| 54 | So , how did I indent the sub-title , the detail and th the total line ? |
| 55 | Why did I rush out like that ? |
| 56 | Why did I feel intimidated ? |
| 57 | The Doctrine is at best a circular re-statement of the obvious : Why did I experience those vibrations in the air as sounds ? |
| 58 | Why did I bother to tell her , only to have her shout at me , accuse me of being crazy to wake her up for that and tell me to keep my nose out of her brother 's business , especially since it was nothing to do with me . |
| 59 | I think the important thing is not to let them go away thinking , you know , oh , why did I bother , there 's obviously no point in carrying on with it . |
| 60 | But not when they 're eating , here why did I bother giving you a bath ? |