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Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [pron] [verb] [pers pn] [det] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	Mum had a habit , whenever she sent me any distance on an errand , of insisting that I had clean bloomers on , ‘ in case yer get knocked down by a 'orse ’ , which was why I was scared of them .
2	Look how I write you this letter !
3	Nu matter how yu check it all of it is poetry
4	His mother would become involved in long discussions with him about how she treated them both fairly and then would end up getting angry with his unreasonable attitude .
5	The publications you produce may well fit into a set of identifiable categories ; brochures , newsletters , flyers , books , manuals and so on but it 's how you produce them that 's important .
6	Could n't see how they do it all , and that 's it .
7	Cos he he really does it , I do n't know how he does it really , how he gets it all level like that .
8	That 's what he told me when I interviewed him that second time in Buenos Aires . ’
9	Incidentally , he never did baptise my breast with Mississippi water ; the only time a bottle passed between us was when I sent him some Taburel water to stop his hair falling out .
10	‘ You can imagine my feelings when I discovered it this morning .
11	Dean and Scott all that 's right , I can remember when I had you that 's all the names that were in fashion , but now it is Joshua
12	‘ They were when I left them this morning ’
13	Now I 'm going to help you with it and what I suggest we do this morning when I give you these sheets will you please write your name and today 's date at the top of the sheet and I put the date on the board , and then can you please resist the temptation to start , start writing over the rest of the sheet until I 've gone through it with you .
14	set the back on rollers and then , you know when I have it all clipped there with an oval clip
15	Yeah , well I bought , I got the C D cheap enough , you know when I bought them that mini unit , that went just after a year , that bloody thing when it packed up , do you remember it was playing in night , in the middle of the night and my dad got up and said what pratt 's playing music , it 's his own ha
16	That 's why I tell you that
17	‘ You are wondering why I tell you this .
18	I do n't know why I tell you this , but that I have been exceedingly moved and pleased by Jane Eyre .
19	cos that 's why I put them all together .
20	it was the cream of the milk , well you used to like it , well sort of , some people make it with water , that 's why I made it all milk , are you going to try it again with water ? and just a drop of milk on top
21	‘ I do n't know why I told you that story — it is n't one I 'm very proud of .
22	Why who told you that , Wayne ?
23	I wonder why she told me that then ?
24	I wondered why she wanted us both .
25	He puts down something like eight guitar tracks using numerous WEM Copicats and what have you , and it 's only when you hear them all together that you realise he 's assembled this sound that he had in his head .
26	I 'm awful , I mean , that 's why I got up , you know when you phoned me this morning , and said , I am sorry , have I got you out of bed , and I was like really grateful , because I ca n't stand sleeping in .
27	‘ If you mean Undry , ’ she said , ‘ it was on the windowsill where you left it this morning .
28	‘ Is that why you told her more than you told me ? ’
29	‘ Why you sent me that copy of your father 's letter . ’
30	That rarity , an album without a filler — admire every aspect as Owens finger-flicks his way through the Stax-happy , gospel croons on a couple of things Sam Cooke would have loved to wrap his larynx around , and opts for the more brooding approach on the let's do crunch of ‘ Why You Treat Me This Way ? ’ — ‘ Blues Soul ’ is remarkable not only for the performance of its outfront star , but also for that of the Pete Wingfield-led back-up squad , which nary places a quaver in the wrong place , along with Mike Vernon 's knowing production .