Example sentences of "i [Wh adv] [pers pn] [was/were] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What I why I was emphasizing earlier on how important it is to get all this over on the telephone . |
| 2 | So Mr , can you tell me whereabouts you were born in Nottingham and when ? |
| 3 | My in-laws never asked me how I was . |
| 4 | Nobody went on about my injury — just asked me how I was getting along in Italy . ’ |
| 5 | White blurs passed around us and coloured pills stuck in my throat but , from time to time , I saw a man in a room on my own and he always asked me how I was feeling . |
| 6 | ‘ She asked me how I was and when I would be moving in to the cottage . ’ |
| 7 | But your fresh deputy should be the one who 's giving you the feedback , I mean , all the time I was on provisions in my last department , and nobody ever told me how I was doing . |
| 8 | Please , first , advise me how you were in a position to recommend the allocation and development of housing at Colt Hill without first consulting the Regional Council on a proposal which is inconsistent with approved Structure Plan policy . |
| 9 | ‘ Why did you not tell me how you were placed ? ’ demanded Lady Merchiston the moment she walked through the door . |
| 10 | One young man told me how he was recruited into the South African police force . |
| 11 | But for some reason she knew he was my brother , and she asked me how he was keeping these days . ’ |
| 12 | The last two guides showed me how it was done , climbing quickly and fearlessly down the face . |
| 13 | How is it that you do n't know and in your letter to me you said this trust did not know where that money had been withdrawn at the same time Andrew director of Eastern Arts was quite happy to write to me to tell me why he was quite happy to tell the press over the phone why how is it the trust did n't know ? |
| 14 | In the silent happiness that was life in la Sologne , Jean-Claude explained to me why he was not working on Frontenac 's libretto and how he would not do so for any amount of money . |
| 15 | ‘ I saw my bank manager at the end of last year and she asked me why I was spending so much on food . |
| 16 | My dates used to ask me why I was always hanging out with faggots . ’ |
| 17 | ‘ While we were being taken there , one of the gunmen asked me why I was hanging out with white guys . |
| 18 | Perhaps she could tell me why I was bleeding . |
| 19 | When I went to that rodeo with Jerry and I was n't home until after midnight , Harry did n't even ask me why I was so late — and he knew the time because he 'd been down to see if Islay 's foal was better . |
| 20 | You tell me why you were depressed when I first meet you . |
| 21 | Two elderly Irish ladies , sisters , linked arm in arm , asked me where they were . |
| 22 | And there 's another one somewhere cos my friend he used to come round here with his drugs , he used to tell me where they was you know . |
| 23 | The American captain of a supply ship was chatting to me one day and asked me where we were based . |
| 24 | I explained that I wanted to see her father on a matter of business , but that his office had been unable to tell me where he was , and that I could get no reply by telephoning his home . |
| 25 | The woman at the villa , Barbara Coleman , would n't tell me where it was and so I went to Durance and he was equally determined about it . |
| 26 | No kidding though , would you like to tell me where you were last night ? ’ |
| 27 | Er , could you tell me where you were born ? |
| 28 | Erm can you tell me where you were born and when please . |
| 29 | before we talk about your working life at Ipswich Docks , could you tell me where you were born . |
| 30 | Mm I wonder if you would start of by telling me where you were born ? |