Example sentences of "[v-ing] [Wh adv] [verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | SINCE we are in the middle of the International Coffee Organisation meeting -how do they pass a week without a visible result ? — I thought it appropriate to think about tea . |
2 | But I do agree that people out there must keep wondering how do they know that we are as , as it were , as slim as we can be . |
3 | that they carry when they 're racing how do they carry the weight ? |
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 | When a baby 's crawling how does it hold its feet ? |
6 | I mean there was , there was a wonderful Times cartoon , I do n't know if you saw it , of Yeltsin showing all the troubles he , he could n't control his government , there were economic problems , people were being nasty to him apparently as he was saying how do we manage and it turns out of course at the end , the final kick line is he 's talking about John Major 's situation . |
7 | Well the other thing you put on the end of that is after saying how do you feel about that , how would your wife feel about that . |
8 | Aye I heard him saying how do you put up with an arsehole like that ? |
9 | The next time I see you you 'll be saying why did I eat all that |
10 | ‘ It 's like saying why do you breathe ? ’ , he said . |
11 | no , er , I , I , I rather , I stopped you Mr yesterday morning when you were about to engage on a exercise of saying where do we go from here |
12 | If the gang knew you were coming why did they allow the pay-off to continue ? |
13 | While it is not difficult to learn the techniques necessary to enable you to hypnotize other people , the real test of skill and acquired knowledge comes in knowing how to help them deal with their problems once you have done so . |
14 | and you 're thinking how did he get from there and by the time you 've worked out how he got from there to there you 've |
15 | Right , but what you 've got the opportunity of doing now during being a life assurance sales person , with self-employed status if you like , with the benefits of being in a company like ours , is really thinking where do I want to be in five years ' time . |