Example sentences of "earth [verb] you " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What On earth got you to go ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ What on earth made you take the cloth , anyway ? ’ said Reginald as he squatted down at Elaine 's side . |
| 3 | Then she asked , ‘ What on earth made you go down to the beach ? |
| 4 | ‘ And what on earth made you do it ? ’ |
| 5 | But what on earth made you think there were two of them ? |
| 6 | How on earth d' you expect me to sit there watching that woman being forced to humiliate herself like that ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ What on earth d' you use them for ? |
| 8 | How on earth d' you remember that , prick them out ? |
| 9 | Still to come a look at the opening shots in the Independent Enquiry into the fate of Rover 's Cowley works and the questions that Bicester 's friends of the earth say you must ask any candidate in the local elections . |
| 10 | ‘ Who on earth told you that ? ’ |
| 11 | They 'll promise you the earth to get you to come across , then treat you like dirt once they 've satisfied their maternal cravings . |
| 12 | ‘ What on earth gives you such a stupid idea ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ What on earth gave you that idea ? ’ |
| 14 | What on earth gave you that idea ? |
| 15 | ‘ What on earth possessed you to go down to the sea ? ’ asked Mrs Ridley . |
| 16 | ‘ What on earth possessed you to get involved with Jem Higgins ? |
| 17 | I recall one of his demands was : " What on earth possessed you to leave the aircraft here ? " |
| 18 | What on earth do you mean ? |
| 19 | As a former chairman of An Taisce , Ireland 's equivalent of the National Trust , says : ‘ How on earth do you rehabilitate a 6,000-year-old peat bog ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ What on earth do you think you 're doing ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ What on earth do you want a man trap for ? ’ expostulated Ella . |
| 22 | ‘ Who on earth do you think you are ? ’ he said . |
| 23 | How on earth do you expect to sell ‘ em ? |
| 24 | All right , you 'd feel too guilty enjoying your third cup of coffee as your running fanatic slogs around the course , but where on earth do you stand ? |
| 25 | What on earth do you get out of it ? |
| 26 | ‘ If you think I 'm standing waiting for a charging animal the size of a tank to reach me … how on earth do you grab its nose before it tramples you into the turf ? |
| 27 | ‘ What on earth do you mean ? ’ |
| 28 | ‘ What on earth do you mean ? ’ asked her mother aggressively , picking up the nearest dress to hand . |
| 29 | ‘ What on earth do you mean ? ’ |
| 30 | ‘ What on earth do you mean — an enigma ? |