Example sentences of "[was/were] how [pron] [modal v] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And in a sense that was how they must view her , a difficult prickly maid up from the country . |
| 2 | That was how we 'd set it up from the beginning . |
| 3 | Yes , that was how he would draw them : soldered together by a mother 's love . |
| 4 | That was how I used to treat them . |
| 5 | There had never been any doubt in her mind that she would look after her parents in their old age : they had given up a lot for her , she said , and that was how she could repay them . |