Example sentences of "[v-ing] [verb] how " in BNC.
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| 1 | and everybody was clamouring to know how much they were going to get and er we were always trying to head them off by saying that er , theirs was next on the list and er |
| 2 | Goodman tried to find out by demanding to know how many refugee children had been baptised since they had arrived in this country . |
| 3 | Her nanny , though , was once stopped in the street by someone demanding to know how she could possibly have a child by a black man . |
| 4 | She had an embarrassed recollection of having burst into tears , of demanding to know how long the affair with Henrietta had been going on . |
| 5 | Karen also rose , muttering something about checking to see how the meringue was coming along . |
| 6 | A few weeks earlier he had phoned me out of the blue — I think he was checking to see how many of his cronies were still alive ! |
| 7 | ‘ Checking to see how much damage has been done to it , ’ the Doctor said with some irritation . |
| 8 | I 'm dying to see how this will work ! ’ |
| 9 | I 'm itching to know how you and Guy got on . |
| 10 | The materialistic , scientific view of life processes has achieved no success whatsoever in endeavouring to answer how living systems are able to maintain their forms through continually changing conditions , or how growth is planned or organised . |
| 11 | Assessors will be looking to see how you cooperate with others and whether or not you can put the overall benefit of your own side before individual glory . |
| 12 | The agency interviewer will be looking to see how you handle yourself during the interview . |
| 13 | The Sky Sports representative said : ‘ We have not shown a lot of athletics and we will be looking to see how viewers respond . |
| 14 | Further , and although this will not be our major preoccupation , " finding out " new theories , new perspectives and new approaches , looking to see how well they work and what problems they can deal with , is as much part of research as " finding out " new facts . |
| 15 | We 're not saying the figure 's necessarily excessive , we 're simply looking to see how regeneration of West Yorkshire 's been taken into account , if at all . |
| 16 | Yeah no I was just looking to see how you fill that in you see because I , I put |
| 17 | Kim stared back at him , making no response , wanting to see how Spatz would deal with his intransigence ; how he would cope with this direct assault on his authority . |
| 18 | ‘ So many terraces , ’ she mooned , refusing to acknowledge how amazing he looked in black trousers and a white evening jacket ; even the tea-towel over his shoulder did nothing to disarm his incredible elegance . |
| 19 | He seemed intent now on pushing to see how far he could go and she appeared willing to give way in everything in order to pacify . |
| 20 | I could n't stop myself thinking of the nights she had spent with Harry and wanting to know how much she had enjoyed them . |
| 21 | He describes an extraordinary incident when , after top police officers had left , other men involved in the torture spoke to him , wanting to know how he had resisted . |
| 22 | One of the tricks that happens , and it can happen , it 's not really done deliberately , but it 's , the reporter wanting to know how you feel about something . |
| 23 | This morning in Bonn , Dr Kohl will preside at an emergency cabinet meeting to discuss how West Germany should respond to the events of recent days . |
| 24 | Union leaders have been meeting to discuss how to cope with the threat of fifteen thousand redundancies . |
| 25 | He batted it away impatiently , not even pausing to consider how quickly he 'd adjusted to Yukio 's death . |
| 26 | Last night the people who live and work round Rutland Water held a protest meeting to decide how to tackle this threat to their health and their jobs . |
| 27 | ‘ Torn between two lives , ’ he suggested , but she shook her head wildly , wanting to confess how she felt . |
| 28 | I am writing to convey how shocked and saddened I am at the news . |
| 29 | Women wanting to learn how to play golf or to improve their game can receive instruction from a new video featuring Diane Barnard , one of Europe 's top players . |
| 30 | It is refusing to say how much cash it will give this year . |