Example sentences of "[subord] he [verb] [Wh adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He subsequently went to law school and became a patent attorney , where he noticed how difficult and expensive it was to make copies of documents . |
| 2 | I had discussed the problems of insider analysis with him at a 1988 Police Conference , where he described how , on return to his force after his undergraduate degree , he had asked for permission to publish research material . |
| 3 | His arguments against innateness have their complement , not in Book 2 , but in Book 4 , where he explains how we come to have knowledge by reasoning about our ideas . |
| 4 | In addition , we 're treated to Diddley 's special line in leg thrusts and his band 's synchronised ministry of funny walks , plus an exclusive interview that drifts between songs , where he explains how he always wanted to be a drummer . |
| 5 | In addition , we 're treated to Diddley 's special line in leg thrusts and his band 's synchronised ministry of funny walks , plus an exclusive interview that drifts between songs , where he explains how he always wanted to be a drummer . |
| 6 | ‘ My dear girl , you 'd have thought him very ill-bred if he 'd talked about money to you , and even if he had , you would n't have understood the relevance of what he was saying , any more than he understands how well off we are . |
| 7 | And from the forensics , I believe Egan wrote it himself , perhaps to remember the address , and the paper somehow came into the hands of your brother so he knew where Egan was . |
| 8 | ‘ So he knows why I 'm going ? ’ |
| 9 | But the right letters are there , even if they 're in the wrong order , so he knows how it ought to be spelled , up to a point . |
| 10 | Everything gets registered by Mr Sorley so he knows how much work we 've done and how much to bill the clients . |
| 11 | He , say , needs a new roof on his house , so he checks how much he has in his account , gets a roofer to do the job , and writes him a cheque in pints . |
| 12 | With no family money or family privilege to protect him , he was easy meat , so he learned how to protect himself . |
| 13 | ‘ Once he knew where we were Lewis telegraphed every few hours . |
| 14 | provided he knows when it is , I mean , and those who are n't going to get a County Council for much longer may as well er |
| 15 | Jenna looked at him anxiously and he spun back to stare at her , anger on his face until he saw how pale and shaken she looked . |
| 16 | Mr Justice Hoffman said in the High Court that he had decided to suspend judgment until he knew how soon the House of Lords was likely to hear an appeal against an order forcing Mr William Goodwin , aged 23 , who works on the Engineer magazine , to reveal confidential information . |
| 17 | The might before in the hotel lounge , with his wife , Lonnie , beside him , bemusedly aghast , he grilled a pleasant waitress until he knew how many tips she got each week , how many children she had , the frequency of men hitting on her and the general contour of her reality . |
| 18 | Patrick awoke briefly during the night and lay awake , confused and troubled for a few moments until he realized where he was . |
| 19 | What he had first taken for height he soon realized was a product of high — very high — heels , and he guessed that without the lifts she would be around five foot , pleasantly featured , with a round face and perfectly round brown eyes that looked almost serene until he realized how hard they were . |
| 20 | Satan comes over and rubs against her hand like he does when he 's hungry , but she just stares at him . |
| 21 | It might help if he realized how much you did love her . ’ |
| 22 | One of the prison warders , he said , had asked him if he knew when the men were to be released . |
| 23 | And if he knew why did he tell her and annoy her still further ? |
| 24 | I wound down the window and asked him if he knew where the dolmen was . |
| 25 | Kemp would talk about the land as if he knew how to live there . |
| 26 | They would all be returning to town in the autumn to meet some sons of good families in Riba ; she 'd been saving for years , money from the pigeons , money from the cheeses , the almonds , her mother 's money when she died — may she rest in peace and perpetual light shine on her — she 'd hidden it from that villainous landlord who 'd strip everyone of their surplus if he knew how much they 'd hoarded , but they 'd never find out , the folk were far too tight to let anyone know , and he , Davide , must not breathe a word . |
| 27 | ‘ Very , thank you , ’ she said , wondering what his reaction would be if he knew how she had spent the past hour . |
| 28 | He also described a call he had made later to his friend Hartmut Mayer of the BKA asking him if he knew how the bomb had been put aboard Flight 103 . |
| 29 | But there might , he thought , if he knew how to wait , be room some day for Iago Vaughan . |
| 30 | Isabel wondered if he knew how intimidating he could be with just a look , and decided fitzAlan was fully aware of his effect on her . |