Example sentences of "[Wh adv] do they come [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | To repeat questions posed earlier : what have these to say , and how did they come to be ? |
| 2 | How did they come into existence on Earth , before life was there ? |
| 3 | ‘ How did they come by Titans … |
| 4 | The children visit the church and learn to look at it and describe what they see , and this is in itself a valuable exercise ; but it becomes more valuable still if as well as noting that the fabric is stone , they are provoked to go on to enquire what type of stone , is it all the same stone , why were these types of stone Preferred , where do they come from , and how do they come to be what they are ? |
| 5 | One element common to all forms of the offence is that the forbidden conduct must take place when the policeman is acting ‘ in the execution of his duty , ’ which raises the questions ; what duties are imposed upon a policeman , and how do they come to be imposed for these purposes ? |
| 6 | Why did they come on raids and why did they burn and steal ? |
| 7 | Why did they come to Moscow first ? ’ |
| 8 | How were they mined and where did they came from ? |
| 9 | Poets plunged perpetually through thickets , climbed mountains , mapped new continents ; whose were they , I wondered , where did they come from ? |
| 10 | Where did they come from ? |
| 11 | ‘ You have only expressed the shadow of your ideas , because you are n't good enough at drawing or painting , but the ideas , where did they come from ? |
| 12 | Where did they come from ? ’ |
| 13 | Where did they come from mostly ? |
| 14 | Where did they come from , those sudden rumours that ran about the country like little trails of fire spread underground in a dry summer ? |
| 15 | Thinking they frequented the Creek I would not allow them to be shot but they bent down my grain and destroyed acres of it , and simultaneously disappeared some months after harvest — Where did they come from where do they go ? pray let me hear from you and believe me |
| 16 | Where did they come from ? |
| 17 | Where did they come from ? |
| 18 | Where did they come from ? |
| 19 | Where do they come into it ? |
| 20 | But every eating house in town has puffin on the menu , I say , where do they come from ? |
| 21 | But what are those categories , and where do they come from ? |
| 22 | The children visit the church and learn to look at it and describe what they see , and this is in itself a valuable exercise ; but it becomes more valuable still if as well as noting that the fabric is stone , they are provoked to go on to enquire what type of stone , is it all the same stone , why were these types of stone Preferred , where do they come from , and how do they come to be what they are ? |
| 23 | If political goals and values are not determined by social and economic relationships , where do they come from ? |
| 24 | ‘ Where do they come from , Alexandra ? ’ |
| 25 | Where do they come from ? |
| 26 | come , yeah where do they come from ? |
| 27 | She looked , however , as if she was fairly determined to give her views on the matter , but before she could start on the Why do they come over here if they do n't like it ? speech or her I believe in respecting people 's religious feelings but would die to defend their right to disagree with me speech , Maisie came round the door . |