Example sentences of "[Wh adv] did you come [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How did you come across her in the first place ? ’ |
| 2 | How did you come across that ? |
| 3 | How did you come to be an actor ? |
| 4 | How did you come to be here ? ’ |
| 5 | How did you come to that conclusion ? |
| 6 | " But how did you come to be here ? " |
| 7 | And how did you come to be that ? |
| 8 | ‘ How did you come to the town ? ’ she asked , to prevaricate . |
| 9 | How did you come to be Alan 's employee , when he was initially yours ? ’ |
| 10 | Then , much louder , ‘ How did you come to Winchester ? |
| 11 | ‘ How did you come to be there ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ How did you come to be involved with ffeatherstonehaugh 's , sir ? |
| 13 | How did you come to the art scene in pre-war Britain ? |
| 14 | Before we talk about the er er getting to the purpose of our meeting , erm , how long were you , how did you come to in the first place ? |
| 15 | So tell me Mrs how did you come to with Friends Provident in the first place ? |
| 16 | which we need to be and once we get into the rhythm I 'm sure it 'll all be a lot easier but you seem to have a calmness about your how you speak which is good and you know I 'm sure I 'll go to pieces but erm yeah it was just , and what I 've picked up on as you say where it 's er how did you come to Friends Provident bum de bum de bum , we 're going through erm a structured erm spiel if you like and then they 're saying well I do n't really wan na give you any you know , recommendations at this moment and erm what we should do there is , is I suppose apack that is n't it ? |
| 17 | How did you come to grips with that ? |
| 18 | ‘ Well — and how did you come by the Captain ? ’ |
| 19 | ‘ How did you come by her tapes ? ’ he asks , perhaps fearful of unknown fact . |
| 20 | ‘ How did you come by them ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ How did you come by it ? ’ |
| 22 | How did you come by all this ? ’ |
| 23 | How did you come by it all ? ’ |
| 24 | ( ‘ Why did you come to the New World ? ’ one conquistador was once asked . |
| 25 | ‘ Why did you come to me ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Now , Miss Harland , why did you come to this country ? ’ he asked quietly , and smiled at her . |
| 27 | For a few moments they moved in silence , then he said , ‘ Just as a matter of interest , why did you come to this party ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ Very well , then , if you did n't come because of me , why did you come to Slane ? |
| 29 | ‘ Then why did you come to Oxford ? ’ she demanded . |
| 30 | Erm and proceeding to business you know tell me why did you come to Friends Provident in the first place ? |