Example sentences of "not [verb] how they [vb mod] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When the other person is an unknown commodity and we can not predict how they will react , the greater is our requirement for the armour of indirectness . |
| 2 | To begin with , they left it too late — but , measuring the distance from Shiel Bridge way below and behind me , and judging the terrain , even though this modern road has been impressively built , I do not know how they might have bettered their arrangements . |
| 3 | He did not know how they would have known his household routines . |
| 4 | No , I am not astonished because , two years after announcing its local government plans , the Labour party still does not know how they would work . |
| 5 | People sometimes say they bear no malice but I do not know how they can say that . |
| 6 | and er , I I saw Chris quite a lot , then , but I mean , they 're not living how they used to do , I mean , they they were always boozing and that , |
| 7 | I do not see how they can justify it . ’ |
| 8 | They want to feel that they are eating the kind of food which will add to the chances of their remaining in good health , but often they can not see how they can do so if their income has been drastically reduced . |
| 9 | Yeah yeah well you see what he said was he could not see how they could warrant him that sixty odd come as interest justify doing it . |
| 10 | They can not see how they could begin to generalise about approaches to women in development that could be useful since women are represented in rich and poor , rural and urban , educated and uneducated , all ethnic , religious , cultural , tribal and other groupings . |
| 11 | Many SMEs find it difficult to access technology and often do not appreciate how they might benefit from it . |
| 12 | A further 9.9pc would not say how they would vote . |
| 13 | It 's in a way like a bereavement in as far its the middle of the afternoon and everything is going well , then suddenly everything 's changed and they 're pretty devastated and do n't know how they ought to react . |
| 14 | There was a lot , lot had it er I do n't know how they used to go on really er I know some somebody in a , a movement called Rachobites er what were the other one ? |
| 15 | I do n't know how they will respond to my abuse in the chip pan after a few months ' use , but I think they will fare better than other brushes I 've used in the past . |
| 16 | a proper group and er I do n't know how they can arrange transport , but I think that 's what they 're planning to do . |
| 17 | Referring to complaining neighbours the Hanleys she said : ‘ I just do n't know how they can sleep at night next door because I could n't , knowing that I 'd done that to someone . ’ |
| 18 | I do n't know how , I do n't know how they can stand to be apart . |
| 19 | I do n't know how they can make mistakes like that they send you a letter one minute and then on your rent book 's different . |
| 20 | But I do n't know how they can have them as twins do you ? |
| 21 | ‘ I did n't even back her under my name , so I do n't understand how they could have known . ’ |
| 22 | I ca n't understand how they can neglect their many fans who do n't live in London . |
| 23 | I ca n't understand how they can neglect their many fans who do n't live in London . |
| 24 | I ca n't understand how they can live in these conditions with uncertain water and electricity supplies , and no one able to buy anything |
| 25 | but I ca n't understand how they can say that asthma is in , really in the same strain because that 's more like a breathing |
| 26 | We could n't believe how they could have been allowed out of the site office . |
| 27 | They could n't see how they could go wrong . |
| 28 | ‘ In virtually every respect , I ca n't see how they could have done better . ’ |
| 29 | I do n't see how they could have caused an explosion . |
| 30 | I ca n't see how they can justify one shop without |