Example sentences of "[verb] [Wh adv] did [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er very often Australian Aboriginal societies you meet men the corroborees at these ritual gatherings and if you 're one of the club , then in the ritual they 'll tell you , they 'll say hey , you know , you know you know you say where did you get all these kangaroos you know oh we got them over at the so and so ranges or down at the so and so water hole that 's where they all are this week , and this is very important information for man . |
| 2 | I said course I know I said to put some of the carbons from the smoke back into the , into the er wrought iron , he says how did you find that out ? |
| 3 | Oh I no I do n't remember where did I go . |
| 4 | I said to her , Ah I thought that you were going Why did you lie to me saying that you were going to get a book . |
| 5 | They included a two-volume guide to Shakespeare 's plays , an investigation into the authorship of the Book of Genesis , a commentary on the poems of Kipling and Byron , a biographical encyclopaedia of all the scientists who have ever lived , musings on music and humour and a series of informative books with titles beginning How Did We Find Out About … ? on subjects ranging from black holes and life in the deep sea to number theory . |
| 6 | Must have how did you do that ? |
| 7 | That 's what I 'm saying how did he knew that |
| 8 | 20 years ago PEOPLE in Darlington could choose between learning the Language of Love on screen on the ABC or asking When Did You Last See My Mother ? ( ‘ a stimulating and imaginative modern play ’ ) at the Civic . |
| 9 | The next time I see you you 'll be saying why did I eat all that |
| 10 | If the gang knew you were coming why did they allow the pay-off to continue ? |
| 11 | But I meant how did you get word down to Blair Gowrie ? |
| 12 | Somebody er to whom the erm er er matters could be referred er whom er could remove trustees er who are er not acting in er the best interests er of the fund erm to whom er I understand that the erm beneficiaries could er appeal if they felt that their fund was being erm used i in the wrong way which is something that we have n't got at the moment erm I mean just going very , very briefly back to the question that you asked erm about this how would you stop what 's happen happening is by having , we would have thought a pensioner trustee , because even the question has been asked how did it get through the union trustees and the answer is that most of them are employed , and they are looking over their shoulder because jobs are going and redundancies are being made . |
| 13 | Erm I mean just going very , very briefly back to the question that you asked erm about this how would you stop what 's happen happening is by having , we would have thought a pensioner trustee , because even the question has been asked how did it get through the union trustees , and the answer that most of them are employed and they are looking over their shoulder because jobs are going , redundancies are being made , you 've got a pensioner employee er a pensioner trustee on there , and they 're not looking over their shoulder for their job , they are going to do the job of a trustee and watch the fund and they would then be able to go to the regulator if they saw something that was amiss , but if somebody is employed by the firm might be very worried about doing because they 're more bothered about keeping their job . |
| 14 | And if he knew why did he tell her and annoy her still further ? |
| 15 | There are other times when I 've turned back and felt ‘ gosh no , this is wrong ’ and afterwards thought why did I turn back , maybe I should have carried on . |
| 16 | I mean how did they lend him two hundred million without absolutely secure collateral ? |
| 17 | ‘ You mean how did they know that today was a big one ? ’ |
| 18 | How you mean how did it work out ? |
| 19 | how did I get how did I come out with three last time ? |
| 20 | ‘ Now I wonder how did they get word so soon ? |
| 21 | You said about the hens making a lot , how did how did they work that as an industry with the eggs and things how did they collect and work ? |
| 22 | What , how did how did you collect the songs that you sing then , I mean were they just things that |
| 23 | Well how did how did you manage to get a C you had something here and you differentiated it |
| 24 | Right which where did where did he spend his holiday . |
| 25 | I mean when did you stop |
| 26 | When did you eat when did you eat your chips ? |
| 27 | I mean why did he start repairing it himself ? ’ |
| 28 | I mean why did she take it ? |
| 29 | No but I mean why did it take three hours to get him to surgery ? |
| 30 | This makes me think why did he go & Deane arrive ? |