Example sentences of "[verb] [Wh adv] [pron] [be] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | They have had to explain why patients can sometimes provide vivid descriptions of their own resuscitation , explaining how it was done , who was involved and even what was said . |
| 2 | In particular , it is worth examining earlier occasions when change was handled effectively and then explore how it was done and what skills and methods were used . |
| 3 | ‘ I wished to discover how it was done — and where . |
| 4 | There was no need to rush about trying to discover how it was done . |
| 5 | I want to know how he 's doing in general and where he needs a bit of encouragement . |
| 6 | If you want to know how you 're doing with the other person , you need to ask . |
| 7 | the right to know how you are doing ( feedback ) |
| 8 | Despite the fact that it is a basic right to know how you are doing , most people are starved of feedback ( see page 63 ) and may even resent it when they get it . |
| 9 | I do n't know how it 's done . |
| 10 | I do n't know how it was done but they ha they apparently they did plenty of it , . |
| 11 | You do n't know where he is do you ? |
| 12 | They know how to do certain tasks , because they have been shown — but do they know why they are doing them ? |
| 13 | I do n't know why they 're doing this , Stuart and Oliver . |
| 14 | But we should know why we are doing so and be clear about the reasons why . |
| 15 | I do n't know why I 'm doing it . |
| 16 | I do n't even know why you 're doing it , unless you 've suddenly gone completely mad . |
| 17 | ‘ I do n't know why you 're doing it , but it strikes me as being quite inappropriate . ’ |
| 18 | ‘ I do n't know why you 're doing this to me , ’ she said achingly . |
| 19 | The cat will see a bird and pursue it , to that extent knowing what it wants ; but it will not know why it is doing it , and to that extent what it is doing . |
| 20 | ‘ It 's Luke , ’ she said , ‘ but I do n't know why he 's doing it . ’ |
| 21 | I really wanted to know when it was done . |
| 22 | After the initial impetus has run out , he wrote , and before one has got in so far that it is easier to finish than to go back , it is then that it becomes hard to be sure of your footing , hard to know why you are doing what you are doing , hard to know if you are doing correctly what you are doing . |
| 23 | They 'll also want to know why you 're doing it , when there 's been constant obstruction for two years . |
| 24 | ‘ And he wants to know why he 's doing all this research . |
| 25 | Though the turning of oval objects is routinely employed now , it is remarkably difficult to find a textbook that describes how it is done , or a mechanical engineering department that can teach it . |
| 26 | Jenkins ' men show how it 's done as Neath succumb to the Scarlets 23–23 in the recent Division One clash at the Gnoll . |
| 27 | Depends how it 's done . |
| 28 | It depends how it is done . |
| 29 | So for farming rare species : it depends how it is done ; avoid it if you can but in some cases it may be necessary . |
| 30 | For the police squad it was a new experience , but they had seen how it was done and all landed safely . |