Example sentences of "i [vb past] what on " in BNC.
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| 1 | When I caught up , Ann was still obviously very distressed and I asked what on earth was wrong . |
| 2 | Except last night I thought what on earth 's this ? |
| 3 | Then I thought what on earth did he say ! |
| 4 | I thought what on earth does once mean , O N C E . |
| 5 | ‘ I wondered what on earth I was doing there , ’ she said afterwards . |
| 6 | I wondered what on earth John would think if he saw all this ; his friends in church , many for the first time in years , strangers saying prayers for him , me weeping over his photograph . |
| 7 | He 'd been glaring and smashing down glasses on the table and muttering under his breath and I wondered what on earth I 'd done to make him so disturbed , and then I realised I had n't done anything . |