Example sentences of "[pron] how she have " in BNC.
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| 1 | In the old days he would have been amused and asked her how she 'd done it . |
| 2 | After murmuring words of consolation , I asked her how she 'd felt when her husband gave up being a butcher and devoted his life to carving the gods . |
| 3 | It was several minutes before he had found the courage to ask her how she had got to the beach . |
| 4 | Mary told him how she had taken provisions to Granny Fordham , then seen the deer in the back of the car , and been chased , and finally how she had cross the marsh to reach the keeper before the raiders got away . |
| 5 | Now was not the time to tell him how she had tried to phone her mother , had dialled the number and her father answered . |
| 6 | I did n't tell him how she had caught hold of my hair again when I was reaching under the bed . |
| 7 | She could n't tell him how his generosity had moved her , could n't tell him how she had misjudged him all along . |
| 8 | When I was about twelve she told me how she 'd " flung " a sixpenny piece back at a titled woman who 'd given it her as a tip : " If you ca n't afford any more than that Madam , I suggest you keep it . " |
| 9 | ‘ Eleanor told me how she had visited you and your mother a little while ago . ’ |
| 10 | She had brought a lot of her own furniture with her and would sigh and shake her head every time she found a burn or a ring mark on it , and tell me how she had always polished her things ‘ until you could see your face in them ’ . |
| 11 | As we walked she told me how she had always resisted her brother 's attempts to persuade her to emigrate to Pakistan . |
| 12 | The mysterious Fox — I was more certain than ever that he was Special Branch now — that wretched young woman lying there in the mortuary , and I remembered my unease when she 'd told me how she had returned that file at the Records Office . |
| 13 | Mrs Hillaby , the present clerk of the course , told me how she has seen horses collapse at the finish , and one had even laid down and died through being ridden too hard . |
| 14 | A German tourist we met there , who had come tourist class from Cuzco , told us how she had given money and pens at each stop to the children who crowded the carriage windows . |
| 15 | She started telling us how she had a bell which she rang if she needed help and I said I 'd listen out for it . |