Example sentences of "[pron] [verb] how it be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Not since I realised how it was reared , think of shutting out the daylight all their lives . ’ |
| 2 | " " No , " said Prince Rainbow , " for I have heard of that trick of yours , El-ahrairah , and I know how it is done . " |
| 3 | ‘ I know what you did and I know how it was done . |
| 4 | ‘ I remember how it was to lie with Tom . |
| 5 | Ah now I see how it 's tying in . |
| 6 | The triage nurse is always qualified and experienced , but it does n't hurt you to see how it 's done . ’ |
| 7 | What sort of furniture did your mother have , can you remember how it was set out ? |
| 8 | So it is I I I wo n't predict you know how it 's gon na be too much you know because obviously er it 's just the day to day living is quite difficult for most people have to work and cope with their families and you know so there 's not going to be er that the fundamentals are are not gon na be changed and obviously people are gon na be very broke for a long time because in a strike situation you probably do n't ever really quite recover . |
| 9 | She knew how it was done . |
| 10 | You see how it 's working ? |
| 11 | If we knew how it was produced , for example not by moving a pencil round on one end of a taut thread , but along one fixed at both ends , we could conclude that it really is an ellipse and not a circle . |
| 12 | They know how it 's done : they 've seen it done every day , but they 're unable to do it themselves . ’ |
| 13 | It depends how it 's introduced and how it 's handled subsequently . |
| 14 | It depends how it is done . |
| 15 | So for farming rare species : it depends how it is done ; avoid it if you can but in some cases it may be necessary . |
| 16 | He knew how it was done . |
| 17 | Fergus knew the stories ; he knew how it was whispered that once inside the Prison of Hostages no one ever returned to the world of Men , but to Fergus , who had led the Fiana from the age of eighteen , and who knew the secrets and the devices and the weaknesses of half the ancient fortresses in Ireland , no prison was ever sealed so utterly and so completely that there was not a way out of it . |
| 18 | Swiftly , now , before the deep-freezers , the dehydrators and the emulsifiers take the syllabub away from us and return it transformed and forever despoiled , let us discover how it was made in its heyday and what we can do to recapture something of its pristine charm . |