Example sentences of "[Wh pn] did [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Another implication of ( 16 ) , or ( 15 ) , is that , apart from questioning the adjective , the language would also provide a means to question the noun phrase alone while " leaving behind " the predicate qualifier ( even though one might not expect such questions to be particularly common in practice ) , and in fact such questions are perfectly grammatical : ( 21 ) who(m) did he paint seated ? what did he send registered ? |
| 2 | exactly but every body who did something like being vegetarian or what 's the other thing ? , goes to church , church people are the bloody worse |
| 3 | ‘ Rush was one of the few out there who did himself credit . |
| 4 | Who did we see the last time we were here ? |
| 5 | and then we off to Tesco 's and who did we see in Tesco 's once again |
| 6 | When we first went out there there was no trainees and then all of a sudden we got no , who did we get ? |
| 7 | Who did they think they were staring at ? |
| 8 | Peter Nutting , who led the association of Outhwaite members to a succesful settlement , said he sympathised with Gooda Walker names , but ‘ if the names were not going to pay these calls , who did they think was going to pay them ? ’ |
| 9 | Who did they represent — a government , the Mafia , some drug ring ? |
| 10 | Who did they rent it from a farmer or something ? |
| 11 | ‘ Who did they dress in something so dreadful … ? |
| 12 | " Who did they call for the defence ? " asked Middlemass . |
| 13 | Who did I wash ? |
| 14 | Who did I bump into first except John ! |
| 15 | Who did I tell that to ? |
| 16 | Who did I think I was imagining glibly that I could bring up a child all by myself ? |
| 17 | Who did I think |
| 18 | I was recently in a top Dublin record shop , looking for a copy of ‘ Bleach ’ by Nirvana , as recommended by top H.P. scribe Mick O'Hara , when who did I see making a purchase at the counter but the diminutive indie kid himself . |
| 19 | Who did I get those for ? |
| 20 | Who did I get it from ? |
| 21 | Who did I say was next week ? |
| 22 | My input over there together with erm who did it last time ? erm Norfolk and Stafford the A L O from Norfolk and Stafford erm whatsisname from Stafford so I mean I ca n't see why we ca n't |
| 23 | Yeah so , so then who did she offer it round to ? |
| 24 | Well what , what how come , why , well who did she talk to ? |
| 25 | Who did she do this for , who did she work for ? |
| 26 | But just as quickly she remembered herself , barely thirteen , standing up in class and saying she did n't think the Catholic Church was fair and the nun , red in the face , asking who did she think she was to question the Pope 's teaching . |
| 27 | ‘ Then who did she see , if it was n't Dieter ? ’ asked Jack . |
| 28 | Who did she do this for , who did she work for ? |
| 29 | I think er came to visit who did she come to visit ? |
| 30 | But , then , who did she trust with everything ? ’ |