Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [vb base] [pers pn] come [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Whereabouts do you come from , Mr — ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ How d' you come to be here today ? ’ |
| 3 | 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 ? |
| 4 | 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 ? |
| 5 | In this situation he asks , how do we come to terms with the event , with continuities and discontinuities , in short with history as difference and not just the story of sameness ? |
| 6 | How do we come to be here ? |
| 7 | How do we come by them ? |
| 8 | ‘ How do you come to terms with it ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ Then how do you come to be here ? ’ |
| 10 | how do you come to Anything else . |
| 11 | How do you come to be in Praia do Carvoeiro ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ How do you come by this wisdom about duels ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ How do you come by these pictures ? |
| 14 | So why d' ya come to school okay ? |
| 15 | When do you come off your antibiotics ? |
| 16 | We remembered that a certain painting by Gauguin posed the question ‘ Who are we ? where do we come from ? and where are we going ? ’ . |
| 17 | You know , where do we come from ? |
| 18 | How where do we come in the order of nine ? |
| 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 | Where do you come from ? |
| 28 | ‘ Where do you come from ? ’ |
| 29 | She said ‘ Where do you come from ? ’ and I replied Norfolk . |
| 30 | ‘ Jake , ’ she said under her breath , ‘ where do you come from ? ’ |