Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [verb] they [adv] [verb] " 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 | How did they actually do it ? |
| 3 | how do they how do they feel ? |
| 4 | How do they actually decide in the end what penalty to impose , assuming a person 's found guilty of course ? |
| 5 | Reviewing national programmes , however , raises key and difficult questions for both donors ( why did they not co-operate more effectively ? ) and recipients ( how could they justify a range of prestige projects ? why are they more dependant on aid than ever ? ) |
| 6 | Why did they not give tea parties for their own men ( if they were able to find any ) ? |
| 7 | Why did they not give her toys to play with ? |
| 8 | Why did they not interfere with catapults ? — these did more injury than other weapons . ’ |
| 9 | If the police are truly interested in being accountable to and building bridges with those that they police , why did they not discuss their plans with representatives of the community organisations on the estate ? |
| 10 | Why did they not act boldly like the Russians ? |
| 11 | For the lord 's sake , then , why did they not put in some repairs ? |
| 12 | Why did they not receive greater support ? |
| 13 | Why did they always cloak everything , if not with seven veils , at least with one ? |
| 14 | But why did they ever think a roof on its own was enough ? |
| 15 | Well is n't that normal , or where do they normally put their books ? |
| 16 | Where do they where do they take the pound ? |
| 17 | If matter and energy are crushed completely out of existence inside a black hole , where do they actually go to ? |
| 18 | It is clear from thinking in Brussels and Paris that their views on international trade owe more to Friedrich List than to Adam Smith , although it is always surprising that they bemoan their countries ' so-called tutelage to the United States and at the same time attack the liberal economic policies which lie at the root of American power : why do they not realise that they should adopt economic liberalism as well ? |
| 19 | How and why do British people participate in politics — and why do they not participate ? |
| 20 | Why t why c why do they not communicate upwards and I think essentially people it in subordinate positions are about managing the impressions others have of them and tend to believe the notion , no matter how true it is , that er that organisations may have a shoot the messenger philosophy , yes ? |
| 21 | Why do they not have the guts to tackle their own Government about cuts in services ? |
| 22 | Why do the Government still refuse to endorse the principle of freedom of information , and why do they not agree to support the freedom of information Bill which will shortly be brought before the House ? |
| 23 | Why do they just go ding-dong ? |
| 24 | Why do they always perform the whole show in the nude ? |
| 25 | Why do they always want to be bosomy blondes is what I want to know . |
| 26 | If we 're given an assignment , whatever it is , perform it well , do n't think that I would make a better magazine servant than that brother over there and I do n't like it on the accounts , why do they always use me as a hall servant ? |
| 27 | Why do they always like light ? |
| 28 | No , Owen does n't , O N , O M does n't , so why do they always phone me up with their problems ? |
| 29 | ‘ Why do they always have to throw that in ? |
| 30 | ‘ Why do they always say these things , Mod ? ’ she wailed , ‘ I think you 're beautiful ! ’ |