Example sentences of "[prep] [noun sg] did i [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Only when the station buildings disappeared from sight did I feel safe from further intervention . |
| 2 | I had nearly got myself killed back there : what on earth did I think I was playing at ? |
| 3 | But I feel so awful — how on earth did I catch them ? |
| 4 | I thought how on earth did I get myself |
| 5 | When I had breath to spare , I shouted , ‘ Why on earth did I come ? |
| 6 | I 'd abandoned the empty house and walked joyfully into the woods and only by chance did I know what had hit me . |