Example sentences of "[Wh adv] i [verb] [prep] [be] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's how I came to be stuck and sweating , 60 ′ above the boulders ; feet flapping , nose snorting , musty sandstone , fingernails smearing lichen and a jammed knot placed blindly in the dark , keeping it all together . |
| 2 | We had gone two or three miles when he asked me what I did and how I came to be hitch-hiking . |
| 3 | But how I longed to be gallant , as they say ; to ask her if I might kiss her on both cheeks if I gave her my two violets . |
| 4 | How I longed to be able to reveal to the world that in the picture I depicted … a lighthouse . |
| 5 | ‘ I do n't mind where I stay to be honest with you , Christina . |
| 6 | That house was one of the few places where I preferred to be different from the others . |
| 7 | ‘ There are two reasons why I wanted to be sure that I met up with you after school today . ’ |