Example sentences of "but [Wh adv] [verb] [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But how come you still get animal experiments if that 's the case ? |
| 2 | But how did it actually work ? |
| 3 | But how did you ever meet them ? |
| 4 | But how did he how did he not get pricked ? |
| 5 | But how do we not give up ? |
| 6 | But how do we actually learn ? |
| 7 | But how do you actually bring up tears ? |
| 8 | But how do you actually know , without a great deal of investigation and a great deal of control ? |
| 9 | What you say is very plausible , but how do you actually decide that one state of the system is better than another state ? |
| 10 | Apart from this it was probably true to say that the Truman Administration , well before it came to an end , had run out of ideas on Vietnam ; and it is probably true also that at the end of 1951 the weight of the French problem was beginning to shift : not so much how the US could get France out but how to keep her in . |
| 11 | The sun looked very bright , but when had it not been bright that summer ? |
| 12 | How do you , how do you feel about the future now , I mean we 've heard various people say interest rates must come down — you just said interest rates must come down , but when do you realistically think they could come down ? |
| 13 | It 's a good idea , but why block it off for certain limited hours ? |
| 14 | You had made me , but why had you not looked after me , and saved me from this pain and unhappiness ? |
| 15 | But why does it suddenly feel threatened by the contact of its peaceful owner ? |
| 16 | But why does it always go wrong ? |
| 17 | But why does he not do something ? |
| 18 | That is all very well , but why does he not come clean and give us Labour 's figures ? |
| 19 | ‘ So we were both pretty involved , ’ he said with a shrug , ‘ but why bring it up now ? ’ |
| 20 | But why bring it here ? |
| 21 | But why fight it now ? |
| 22 | and after all I 've done for you But why do they always say they 're going home . |
| 23 | But why do you not tell the authorities , petition the Council ? ’ |
| 24 | But why have they actually said , to ask specifically , I mean , you can understand it in terms of the cars , or something , cos a lot of people are claiming for everything right left and centre . |
| 25 | The stress and strain on muscles and joints is considerable , but why has she not sent the doctor 's certificate as a matter of courtesy to the tournament authorities ? |
| 26 | As Mrs Robson said , people had taken to war like they did to life : they had accepted it and were living with it and with all the things it did to them ; but why did them up top have to go and stop the flower trains coming from Cornwall ? |
| 27 | But why did they ever think a roof on its own was enough ? |
| 28 | But why did she not write ? |
| 29 | ‘ But why did you not tell me that at once ? ’ |
| 30 | ROBBIE But why did you never say ? |