Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [vb past] he [adv] [verb] " in BNC.

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No	Sentence
1	I know Rosie told me , soon after the wedding , that his bank would n't give him any help , so how did he finally raise the money ? ’
2	Old , old jeans , worn-out shirt ; how did he still manage to look so devastating ?
3	How did he always manage to turn the tables on her like that ?
4	‘ How did he ever settle ? ’
5	Why did he rather walk entirely unprotected , apart from the body armour .
6	Why did he always feel so intimidated by Viola Machin ?
7	Why did he always make her want to cry ?
8	Why did he always want to go the long way round .
9	Why did he always choose to lose his temper over issues in which he was in the wrong ?
10	Why did he always go for those parts , those double entendres ?
11	Why did he always have to work alone ?
12	Why did he now want it back ?
13	‘ Why did he never want to marry me ? ’
14	At times Anne felt sure that he was attracted to her , but if so why did he never ask to meet her , and why did he conceal these chance meetings from his family ?
15	They said at the trial that he was a kind husband , a good neighbour — why did he suddenly do this terrible thing ?
16	Why did he suddenly do that ?
17	So when did he suddenly become so buddy-buddy with her ?
18	When had he ever had to be pricked into action before ?
19	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 .
20	Why had he ever made that wish about the picture ?
21	Why had he never seen himself so clearly , he wondered ?
22	She had a tension about her like a strung bow , and every bit as lethal , and she had a piercing beauty — why had he never marked it , he who had known her nearly three years ? that made his heart contract as he looked at her .
23	Why had he never got round to building another sonic screwdriver ?

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