Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [verb] [pers pn] [adv] get " in BNC.
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| 1 | Lucy 's black friend Yvonne puts it this way ; ‘ On the whole right , it 's the people in authority what brings that tension around , you know , 'cos the black people are thinkin' 'ow comes they not gettin' all the jobs , you know . ’ |
| 2 | Ah , how come I never get any cuddles like that |
| 3 | ‘ But how come you still get animal experiments if that 's the case ? |
| 4 | But how did he how did he not get pricked ? |
| 5 | Worse , when resentment over exploitation is recognized , how did it ever get reinterpreted as illness ? |
| 6 | John , how did you actually get interested in German history ? |
| 7 | He prefaced a book called Bringing Up Children In A Difficult Time with a ‘ Statement of an anti-permissive author ’ : ‘ How did I ever get the reputation of being an advocate of excessive permissiveness ? ’ he asked plaintively and disingenuously . |
| 8 | So how do you actually get across to the public something about this which makes the public love them ? |
| 9 | You fellows , you 're always locked up in these big houses helping out , how do you ever get to see around this beautiful country of yours ? ’ |
| 10 | When you have used a bibliography to find the title of something to read , how do you then get your hands on it ? |
| 11 | you nicked that how do you possibly get that out of somebody 's house ? |
| 12 | Why did we not get but I wan na do that part ! |
| 13 | Oh , Christ , why did I ever get into this business ? |
| 14 | But it seems that that is n't what 's being taught , and therefore , in information about that comes , well either via your own experience or talking with friends or reading womens ' magazines or I mean whe , where do we actually get our education from ? |
| 15 | Why the criticism , and why do we often get things wrong ? |
| 16 | Oliver Why do I always get the blame ? |
| 17 | And did you w er when did you actually get married , how many years ago was it you got married ? |
| 18 | ‘ When did you ever get to give Julia Roberts one ? ’ |
| 19 | If he is that much of a wimp , why does he not get out of the road and let us take over ? |
| 20 | Mackay , key in hand ( where had he really got it from ? ) , had made his way to Otters ' Bay , and had walked straight in , assuming the cottage to be empty . |
| 21 | Why had he never got round to building another sonic screwdriver ? |
| 22 | Why had she ever got involved in that slanging match in the first place ? she wondered with a dark surge of anger . |
| 23 | Why have we only got to do minus , what 's in there ? |
| 24 | Why have I always got to come up to your standards ? ’ |
| 25 | Why have you not got ? |
| 26 | Why have you only got one hand in this glove . |