Example sentences of "on [noun] [vb past] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What on earth made him use this appalling Americanism , he wondered . |
| 2 | What on earth made me imagine for even one second that I would have enough strength to confront Luke ? |
| 3 | ‘ And what on earth made you do it ? ’ |
| 4 | Then she asked , ‘ What on earth made you go down to the beach ? |
| 5 | But what on earth made you think there were two of them ? |
| 6 | ‘ What on earth made you take the cloth , anyway ? ’ said Reginald as he squatted down at Elaine 's side . |
| 7 | And why the Customs men anyway , and what on earth did they hope to find … ? |
| 8 | Well just corsets like that , and they 're fastened on the front with things that clicked in and then sometimes they would have a What they called a Oh what on earth did they call that ? |
| 9 | ‘ How on earth did they get hold of this ? ’ she exploded . |
| 10 | How on earth did they keep track of them all ? |
| 11 | How on earth did they keep |
| 12 | You 've had two and a bit examples , a thirteen year old with their questions about life , what 's it all for , who put us here and what on earth did they put us here for . |
| 13 | BTW , how on earth did we let Crewe put one past us ? |
| 14 | What on earth did he want with two watches ? |
| 15 | Why on earth did he want to go there ? |
| 16 | What on earth did he think he knew that she did n't ? |
| 17 | ‘ Well , what on earth did he do it for ? ’ asked the Home Secretary , Sir Harry Marriott . |
| 18 | What on earth did he do ? |
| 19 | What on earth did he mean by that ? |
| 20 | " So — why on earth did he tell you now ? " |
| 21 | ‘ Where on earth did he get egg and pickle sandwiches ? ’ asked Omero . |
| 22 | " But where on earth did he get that idea ? " |
| 23 | Now how on earth did he say such a thing ? |
| 24 | Then I thought what on earth did he say ! |
| 25 | Where on earth did he store it ? she wondered . |
| 26 | ‘ How on earth did he know ? ’ |
| 27 | How on earth did he know ? |
| 28 | Why on earth did he need to know all the damned details ? |
| 29 | ‘ Why on earth did he come home early ? ’ asked Scarlet . |
| 30 | What on earth did she want him up there for ? |