Example sentences of "but [adv] did he [vb infin] " in BNC.
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1 | His standing at the dispatch box stays high , but rarely did he intervene during months of Maastricht debate . |
2 | But how did he redeem you ? |
3 | But how did he do it ? |
4 | But how did he choose the initial state or configuration of the universe ? |
5 | But how did he feel about his debut in intellectual circles . |
6 | ‘ But how did he get all his money ? |
7 | ‘ The murderer was locked in but how did he get out ? |
8 | ‘ But how did he get from the flat to the church ? ’ |
9 | But how did he rationalize doing the rubbish ? |
10 | But how did he know ? |
11 | ‘ Yes , but how did he know they would stay on that course ? ’ |
12 | But why did he stand in the cold , on wet ground , for five or ten minutes ? |
13 | Edouard invented that fake message about the museum but why did he send your crook up there after me ? |
14 | But why did he want to keep her here ? |
15 | But why did he choose to live in Bali rather than England ? |
16 | ‘ But why did he choose that ? ’ she wanted to know . |
17 | But why did he shout it ? |
18 | But why did he feel that there was something more , and why was n't he acting on that instinct , the way that he 'd always acted ? |
19 | Dorian liked him , but why did he feel a little afraid of him ? |
20 | But why did he feel the need of a gun ? |
21 | If he was ill , bad luck , but why did he have to ruin everything for me ? |
22 | But why did he have to leave his job ? |
23 | Yes but why did he say why 's my grass greener than everybody else 's ? |
24 | Either was possible but why did he disbelieve her ? |
25 | But why did he come out on to the moor ? |
26 | ‘ But why did he come back ? ’ she asked helplessly . |
27 | People would say — usually his father — that if he was determined to be an artist , well and good , but why did he spend so much time with books , and silly French novels at that ? |
28 | But why did he need seven hundred millions pounds ? |
29 | But where did he get the fivers ? |
30 | But where did he get the money from ? |