Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [vb past] [pron] come " in BNC.

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1 But how did they come about ?
2 To repeat questions posed earlier : what have these to say , and how did they come to be ?
3 But how did they come about ?
4 How did they come by Titans …
5 How did they come to see such jobs as desirable ?
6 How did they come into existence on Earth , before life was there ?
7 It 's not as if there are n't aspects of his career that are n't worth exploring : how did he come to use drums , then almost unknown in Texan country line-ups ?
8 How did he come into the yard ? ’
9 And how did he come by thee ? ’
10 So how did he come to be involved in the Vauxhall Layla advert ?
11 How did he come by Mrs Files 's first name ?
12 And how did he come to be that ?
13 How did he come to be murdered ?
14 ‘ But how did she come here ? ’
15 How did she come to be on the dahabeeyah ? ’ demanded Zeinab .
16 How did she come to be in the water ? ’
17 And then the idea ( how did it come to me ? ) that it must not simply be glass but big glass .
18 How did it come down ?
19 Or rather it is proved — by sleight of hand ; for if the little scene is not momentous , how did it come to be framed , in all its sparsity , by so much white paper ?
20 How did it come about that the Conservatives chose committees whose Reports disappointed their hopes ?
21 How did it come about and what does the future hold for it ?
22 How did it come there ? "
23 How did it come about ? ’ asked Greg , neatly insinuating his toe into the opening .
24 Ha ha ha ha how did it come about that you were on you were on one side very firmly and the employers were on the other side very firmly and sides had been had been drawn up ?
25 So how did it come to evolve by slow , steady , infinitesimally small Darwinian improvements ?
26 How did you come to be an actor ?
27 ‘ But how did you come to go your separate ways ? ’
28 And how did you come to form the opinion that Randolph Henry Ash was interested in LaMotte ? ’
29 How did you come to be here ? ’
30 ‘ Well — and how did you come by the Captain ? ’
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