Example sentences of "how did " in BNC.

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No	Sentence
1	How did it all begin ?
2	How did you come to be an actor ?
3	And then the idea ( how did it come to me ? ) that it must not simply be glass but big glass .
4	‘ How did you know this man 's name was Quince ? ’ asked Bramble with a hint of incredulity .
5	‘ How did you know ? ’
6	‘ How did Margot summon up reinforcements ?
7	( ‘ How did she know that ? ’
8	‘ So how did you end up here ? ’ she asked me .
9	‘ How did you get here ? ’
10	‘ How did you lose your home ? ’
11	How did that happen ? ’
12	‘ How did you sleep ? ’
13	Just over a year later , at a ‘ Career Appraisal Interview ’ with the chief constable , I was asked : ‘ tell me , how did you find the law course at the polytechnic ? ’
14	‘ How did he ever settle ? ’
15	How did he allow himself to feel it ?
16	‘ How did you get yourself into this mess ? ’ she asked .
17	How did you know I was here ? ’
18	How did Michael feel , Susan wondered .
19	How did he feel about being here with her ?
20	How did he feel about that ? ’
21	How did Susan feel about that ? she wondered .
22	Even the youngest children , who were three years old , were well aware of the fact that appearance and reality were conflicting , but how did this knowledge reveal itself in their judgements about the distinction ?
23	To put it another way : how did they think they could share their thoughts about the trick objects with another person ?
24	Or rather how did it feel ?
25	‘ How did it go ? ’
26	How did the transformation come about ?
27	How did it come down ?
28	How did Pete react to the restoration of Andrew 's sight ?
29	He just looked at me as if to say ‘ how did you know I was doing that ? ’
30	Or rather it is proved — by sleight of hand ; for if the little scene is not momentous , how did it come to be framed , in all its sparsity , by so much white paper ?

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