Example sentences of "[Wh pn] did he [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 | Who did he score against , when , and where ? |
| 3 | ‘ Who did he go to ? ’ |
| 4 | However , questions about the meaning of sentences , such as ’ Who did he mean by the woman he saw last night ? ’ can usually only be answered with reference to facts about the world , i.e. , the specific denotation . |
| 5 | Who did he think he was anyway , with his ridiculous conjuring tricks for beginners ? |
| 6 | She had better things to do , a world to conquer and so forth , who did he think he was ? — Foreigners can be dogged . |
| 7 | They had laughed at him in the road gang ; who did he think he was ? they said . |
| 8 | Just who did he think he was ? |
| 9 | Just who did he think he was with that arrogant , contemptuous expression on his face ? |
| 10 | Who did he think he was ? |
| 11 | Who did he think he was , throwing commands about like that as though he owned the place ? |
| 12 | Just who did he think he was ? |
| 13 | Who did he think he was anyway , that he could push her around ? |
| 14 | Just who did he think he was , leaving her there to squirm ? |
| 15 | Following her death , which country did Jonathan go to with Terry in an attempt to come to terms with her death , and who did he meet there ? ( 2 points ) . |
| 16 | He , who did he accuse ? |
| 17 | And who did he marry like ? |
| 18 | And who was Kraus 's great friend in Berlin , who did he regard almost as a son ? |
| 19 | Teacher : And who did he tell ? |
| 20 | ‘ Who did he deal with ? |
| 21 | When did you last see your husband , did he have any enemies , who did he know in Paris ? |
| 22 | He who did he get it off ? |
| 23 | Who did he phone ? ’ |
| 24 | And to whom did he swear that they should not enter his rest ? |
| 25 | An ever more intriguing thought — when David did his asserting , whom did he do it with , or to ? |
| 26 | ‘ To whom did he talk ? ’ |
| 27 | now just whom did he know in the Irish organizations ? |