Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [pron] [be] [v-ing] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ An' I do n't know 'ow I 'm gooin' ter pay it back if yer leave 'ome now . ’
2 The third rule is to wear hard-soled and protective shoes whenever you are setting up .
3 It was Grandad 's basic contention in life that whenever you were cycling downhill with the wind behind you and the sun on your back and never a care in the world , some little bugger nipped out of a bush and stuck a spike in your spokes .
4 Whenever there was fighting around Limoges one permanent complicating factor was the rivalry between city and citadel .
5 But all I 'm asking is if there is an urgent work system , and if that urgent work system is being abused whereby everybody is putting down
6 now Mr what I 'm asking you about is the space see how I 'm speaking out so try and speak up like this so the jury can hear .
7 About the papers in the portmanteau and Molly and how I 'm going on to the monastery next . ’
8 So I 'm going to use three things to , to see how I 'm doing both in planning and actual .
9 I thote you and Cissie , and everywun there , wuld like to know how I wus geting on .
10 After asking how I was getting on he told me something of the worries of a Party leader in days when there are no deep political convictions to divide men of good will .
11 ‘ I managed to tip half a pint of crème brûlée over the manager one evening when he came in to see how I was getting on .
12 But then , having exhausted his recollections of the circumstances of his writing the paper , he switched to more personal matters and enquired carefully how I was getting on in a way that made me reel that my mission had been worthwhile and that I had by no means wasted his morning .
13 Nobody went on about my injury — just asked me how I was getting along in Italy . ’
14 It 's just I 'd like tae know — ye know , how she 's getting on and that . ’
15 Shall we see how she 's getting on ? ’
16 Cos I must get to ask her , I do n't know how she 's getting on .
17 Does anyone know how she 's getting on , somebody said she was down , said she was on holiday .
18 How she 's getting on ?
19 We realized that Pat would need our prayers and support and this letter is to let you know how she is getting on .
20 Today she speaks proudly of Natasha and describes how she is settling in to her new surroundings in Haslemere , Surrey .
21 But how she is surviving out there I can not say … ’
22 She hovered , peering over her mother 's shoulder to see how she was getting on .
23 The parents of former Heighington Primary School teacher Catherine Lee visited the village last week to tell villagers how she was getting on in her third year teaching in East Africa .
24 A leading advertisement writer describes how she was going round a factory making china when she saw an employee taking plates from the production line , smashing them and throwing the pieces into a box .
25 ‘ Tell me how you 're holding up , kid , ’ Christine said from beside her .
26 ‘ I 'll call anyway , see how you 're getting on .
27 I 'll phone you once a week and you can tell me how you 're getting on . ’
28 And you can check it tonight with any of the colleagues in the hotel to see how you 're getting on .
29 And I had a test , and the old Colonel and Colchester came to see now and how you 're getting on , he was , just about retiring he wanted a different desk in his office .
30 You do n't want me to come and see how you 're getting on
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