Example sentences of "[verb] [pron] [Wh adv] [pron] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | When they asked me why I did n't have a British passport that 's when the immigration problems started . |
| 2 | This woman , an assistant governor , I think , asked me why I did it . |
| 3 | I got there and they asked me why I did n't get there sooner . |
| 4 | I went to the hospital and they asked me how I done it . |
| 5 | ’ My husband asked them why they did n't take a statement from me four years ago . |
| 6 | ‘ Where did n't you hide it , ’ said mum , ‘ you show me where you did n't hide it . ’ |
| 7 | If he said to me , after I 'd shown him , that he understood it , I would say alright , show me how you do it . |
| 8 | Show me how you do it . |
| 9 | Just just show me how you did that one . |
| 10 | Just show me how you did that one . |
| 11 | Come and show us how you do it I 'll give you a red pen Do you remember that earlier we said participation |
| 12 | Just tie them how I did it Emma . |
| 13 | Will you , Mr. Speaker , tell the House whether you have been approached on the subject , and , if so , have the Opposition told you why they do not want a statement on it ? |
| 14 | Erm and we never knew how she did it , she never had told anybody how she did it , it died with her I 'm afraid . |
| 15 | I 've told him how you did it , and how still and brave you were . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ Tell me how I did it . ’ |
| 17 | How about me having half an hour with you my friend , and tell me how you do it . |
| 18 | ‘ Tell us where you do live , then . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ And tell us how you did it ? ’ |
| 20 | And 40 years ago you — or rather your semi-erect ancestors — were asking us why we did n't just change our name to New Accordion Express . |
| 21 | People who asked her why she did n't make use of her talent and give singing lessons had perhaps not tried to do this while living in two rooms over a greengrocers , and looking after young children . |
| 22 | I was a fool ; I ought to have let it go at that , but I asked him why he did n't approve — and had a regular tirade ! |
| 23 | ‘ I once asked him why he did it and he just said he and Parul were sexually incompatible . |
| 24 | I asked him why he did once and he said it was a more beautiful name . |
| 25 | But when she made a last appeal , and told him , though feeling it was not quite true , that Martha had asked him to bring her father back , and then , very unwisely , referred again to Mrs Hodge , and the house , and the single bed , and even the temple bells , and asked him why he did n't come to his senses and whether he did n't think he 'd be happier living with a woman , whether she was on a boat or not , he turned on her , upsetting the bowl of water in front of the gas fire , and shouted : |
| 26 | They asked him how he did it , and he replied , ‘ I just put away the bits of wood that do n't look like elephants ’ . |
| 27 | people ask me why I do music . |
| 28 | Yeah , so ask me how we did it , I really do n't know . |
| 29 | So erm if you ask them why they do n't do a certain thing you get a very very elaborate argument about it , which is often very difficult to er to er criticize or , or , or attack . |
| 30 | Make it clear that you have taken in details by phrasing questions along the lines of , ‘ I 've looked at your educational record which seems excellent but could you perhaps tell me why you did not pass maths until two years after your other 0 levels/changed schools halfway through A levels/took a year off while doing your degree ? ’ |