Example sentences of "[pron] [vb past] how [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I asked how we were going to wake up because I for one did n't have an alarm clock on me , and he said , ‘ Always wake up when I want . |
| 2 | ‘ All right , thank you , ’ Dorothy would say when I asked how they were keeping . |
| 3 | ‘ Two weeks after we were married , I asked how her pregnancy was going . |
| 4 | I asked how it happened . |
| 5 | I asked how he thought I should do it and he said buy a tenoner . |
| 6 | When I asked how he communicated with Bengali patients who spoke no English he said ‘ I have no trouble in communicating with them because I learned pidgin English in the army . ’ |
| 7 | I asked how he viewed the invasion by other southern factions . |
| 8 | Much taken aback , not least because Amy and I had had a number of conversations about her low opinion of the Church and what it stood for , I asked how she knew it was Jesus . |
| 9 | And , if you recall , I asked how she could be so sure . |
| 10 | Afterwards , too late , I realized how I should have used my twenty-two seconds . |
| 11 | ‘ Do you know , Father , it was n't until Whitton was dead that I realised how he had held us in his evil thrall . ’ |
| 12 | ‘ Not since I realised how it was reared , think of shutting out the daylight all their lives . ’ |
| 13 | It brought several things to mind : the evident barrier during negotiations between the steward and the women ; the warnings of a friend about my own relationship with the steward — ‘ You put too much trust in that man ’ ; and the remark made when I reported how I had initially explained my research aims to the union stewards — ‘ You told the Secret Service ! |
| 14 | In my last comments I mentioned how everyone can influence our performance in the Division . |
| 15 | In Chapter Five I described how we disguise our motives in conversation through using sub-text . |
| 16 | In my talk , I described how my hosts had set the scene , but only The New York Post told of the counterfeit press release . |
| 17 | And I learnt how we could organize to improve our conditions through sharing as a community . |
| 18 | But as I was walking around I noticed how her eyes followed the dog with great interest . |
| 19 | I noticed how her teeth were still white , not rotting black like those of the courtiers who constantly stuffed sweets and comfits into their mouth . |
| 20 | When I glanced sideways I noticed how his face had changed ; the air of bonhomie and lazy good humour had disappeared . |
| 21 | I noticed how he had slipped his feet under the exposed roots of trees — themselves held in the grasp of the hollow . |
| 22 | The hon. Gentleman mentioned the first ; in my original answer , I showed how we intend to work towards it . |
| 23 | Whenever he was out he set himself the task ‘ to study how and why until I discovered how I should have played the ball that beat me ’ . |
| 24 | I clearly understood why when I heard how they confirmed his view of the economy in Northern Ireland . |
| 25 | Then I heard how he lived hand to mouth in the Bronx , lobbying whom he could at the talking-shop . |
| 26 | ‘ It was a photograph of Mark and I heard how he 'd qualified as a chiropractor and set up in Falmouth where it 's uphill work . |
| 27 | Just before the alarm clock rang at five , I conceived how it might be done . |
| 28 | I knew how she felt . |
| 29 | I knew how she felt . |
| 30 | I knew how she envisaged it — all sparkle : the glass , the cutlery , the champagne , the eyes of the bride ; gleaming white napery , carnations and maidenhair fern swaddled at the stem in silver paper ; fallen flakes of expensive pastry , and the smart aroma of smoked salmon and asparagus blending subtly with the scent of flowers and wine ; loud voices and muted laughter ; sometimes a discreet tinkle of broken glass , because at a good wedding some breakage was unavoidable , indeed desirable , and evidence of an expansive generosity . |