Example sentences of "[Wh adv] did [noun prp] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Yeah , how did Dan go on ? |
| 2 | How did Selden know that the hound was following him ? |
| 3 | There may appear to be a snag to this account : if how ? is compatible with both versions , and if in the " unacquainted " version we could replace imagine by suppose , why is it that ( 46 ) is ungrammatical ? : ( 46 ) how did Oliver suppose her ? |
| 4 | ( 44 ) how did Oliver imagine her ? ( 45 ) what did Oliver imagine her to be ? /what did Oliver imagine her to be like ? |
| 5 | The brief comments recorded here made me long for more : ‘ How did Ophelia know to scratch her legs like she did ? |
| 6 | How did Hana manage all the time ? |
| 7 | How did Nick get on at darts last night then ? |
| 8 | How did Lee think he could see where he was pointing to in the dark ? |
| 9 | How did Zang find out ? |
| 10 | How did Pete react to the restoration of Andrew 's sight ? |
| 11 | How did Pete cope with that ? |
| 12 | How did Pete cope with that . |
| 13 | What did you mean , how did Pete cope with that ? |
| 14 | ‘ How did Margot summon up reinforcements ? |
| 15 | ‘ How did Seton die ? ’ |
| 16 | How did Mrs do it ? |
| 17 | ‘ How did Hopkins discover this ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ And how did Leila come to be there ? ’ asked Owen . |
| 19 | So how did Japan respond to the recession ? |
| 20 | ‘ How did Bill know where to find me tonight ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ So how did Hugh die ? ’ he persisted when she did n't say any more . |
| 22 | How did Doris strike you ? |
| 23 | ‘ How did Celeste fit into all this ? ’ |
| 24 | Opinions are apparently divided on ( 57 ) , some speakers favouring ( 58 ) ( a ) , others ( 58 ) ( b ) , and a good number seem to feel slightly uncomfortable with both : ( 57 ) Mario seemed regretful ( 58 ) ( a ) what did Mario seem ? ( b ) how did Mario seem ? |
| 25 | ‘ So how did Hyde get in ? ’ |
| 26 | How did Meehan come into it , I asked ? |
| 27 | How did Kate fit into the picture ? |
| 28 | Or again suppose we overhear the following exchange : ( 26 ) A : How did Harry fare in court the other day ? |
| 29 | How did Simon have owt to do with that ? ’ |
| 30 | But if they did n't speak with tongues how did Simon know that they had received the Holy Spirit ? |