Example sentences of "[verb] how [vb mod] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | S s so w if we use the same thing that we 've just done on our own house and say how can we stop it from happening , might not get a burglar alarm . |
| 2 | My scientific colleagues say how can you possibly get involved when chimps in captivity live for 50 years ? |
| 3 | And they say how can you prove it is the bloody pump is gone ? |
| 4 | Not all of them I accept and they 've been very helpful and when it comes to erm any other issue , I think basically , unfortunately sir , I think that we have strayed from the debate , we 've strayed onto ethnic issues er er and I think it 's a shame Mr , there was no need to introduce that and of course it was bound to bring a backlash , it was bound to introduce it it it it 's coloured it it 's made opaque the issues because you make it complicated , in actual fact er er I think that er being a governor of a school , I think that 's absolutely marvellous that some youngsters the future , I think the future will decide , I think there are kids out there will turn round one day and say how could you have done that ? |
| 5 | Erm How will we know how will we know if there 's any gas escaping ? |
| 6 | Of all the things they could have foreseen and prevented how could they possibly have foreseen this ? |
| 7 | If it had been anyone else , then , yes , even I would have said how can you have fire-damaged gin ? |
| 8 | He says how can they be of use in curing Anorexia or Bolemia when they 're caused by socio-economic factors which monkeys ca n't experience . |
| 9 | But I says how can they make money now , how can they make money out of that ? |
| 10 | trying to get through the , he says oh them people have left here , now you 'll have to , and he gives us another two numbers and that , I got through on one of the numbers and then er , I asked I says oh I says I did n't get me photograph and me plastic wallet , he says well you do n't really need them you know when you retired , but I says how can you go on the train , you sure of that ? |
| 11 | I have a few questions of my own erm in , in doing it and erm was er when you say that , that males had males parental investment erm I was wondering how they , how can a male when the male decides to desert how can they be certain if the female is going to take care of the offspring , because I was wondering if erm if probability like the based by their genes it does n't matter if one female does n't take care of the offspring because they produce more offspring |
| 12 | Ge generally speaking , I mean as far as you can tell , living as long as you have done how would you answer that question ? |
| 13 | But there again you see it 's how you hold How would you hold a skeleton you see ? |
| 14 | Steve Cunningham says people ca n't understand how can you can hit the ball if you ca n't see . |
| 15 | Look how can you get me to stay ? |
| 16 | okay natural bar natural bar , so let's just copy how 'd ya spell nut , natural ? |
| 17 | Clearly , before the sound begins we can not measure the time it is going to take , but after it has sounded how can we measure it , since it is then no more ? |
| 18 | Something about skills you know like telephone technique you know how can you measure somebody 's telephone technique ? |
| 19 | Or is it you know how can you be strong |
| 20 | Erm with some of these it may even be possible to y'know there 's a number of different adjectives that you could try with with some of these things like erm y'know how would you feel about knowing that you 're attractive to your own sex ? |
| 21 | 'But how can I go to them now ? ’ |
| 22 | says if you ca n't take how would you be able to handle the front line . |
| 23 | and when I gave them a questionnaire saying how would you label someone as gay they said , we never make those kind of assumptions . |
| 24 | People keep writing letters to the Mercury saying how can we afford to spend time and money debating this , well they can afford the time and the money employing out of work newsreaders to produce videos and writers and photographers to produce their glossy magazines , their glossy leaflets I did n't need the R S P C A or the League to tell me that er , the fox photo , this fox photo was a fake , I mean that 's obvious to anybody I did n't need them to tell me that the video was suspect , that too is obvious . |
| 25 | Er and then they 'll be saying how can you afford to go to Blackpool ? |
| 26 | ‘ It was 5.30 in the morning and I tried to reason with Otto by saying how could I possibly be drunk at that time . |
| 27 | But having said that surely Wilkinson could have kept him at the club , for someone who says that players are picked on the performances they produce how can he explain Deane ? |
| 28 | This impression that you ca n't see , or smell , or feel how can you take its picture ? |
| 29 | I thought how dare you die on me ! |
| 30 | People ask how can it be that Scotland 's relatively small , relatively low-key club set-up can produce teams that will fearlessly take on the best and nurture expectations of victory over them all until the final whistle . |