Example sentences of "[verb] [Wh adv] [pron] [vb past] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In retrospect , one often wonders how they thought they could possibly succeed . |
| 2 | He wonders how he got it . |
| 3 | ‘ It would be interesting to know how they got it , ’ he said . |
| 4 | ‘ Want to know how they did it ? |
| 5 | If he compiled this piece of information himself we have the right to know how he did it . |
| 6 | ‘ He wanted to know how you did it ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I 've always been curious to know how you did it … |
| 8 | I did n't wan na go the hospital 'cos they 'd have wanted to know how I did it and I would have had to turkey in there . |
| 9 | By the time we are old enough to be surprised at our own cleverness we have forgotten how we acquired it . |
| 10 | I do n't know how we escaped it so much but we have you see . |
| 11 | We were waiting for Alfred to drop he gun , I do n't know how we knew he had one but we knew , and slowly he took it out of his waist and dropped it . |
| 12 | ‘ I do n't know how we did it . |
| 13 | ‘ But I do n't know how ye found me . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ I really do n't know how they thought we 'd got this far with that sort of thing , ’ she said . |
| 15 | I do n't know how they did it in the end , but |
| 16 | I did n't know how he got it up , it 's , it 's only thin |
| 17 | He had decided to act as if they liked each other ; he did n't know how he affected her and he was n't going to know . |
| 18 | So anyway she had the er settee and brought a friend with her with a well I think it was one of these Range Rovers that you can seat erm , you know , about seven and he dropped the seats down and got the settee in , I do n't know how he managed it . |
| 19 | ‘ We do n't know how he did it . |
| 20 | I do n't know how he did it . |
| 21 | I 'll never know how I made it through to the interval , an hour later , but I do know that I wrenched those lenses out with such force that in the second act I was white-faced , red-eyed , and resembled one of the Brides of Dracula . |
| 22 | I do n't know how I managed it . |
| 23 | ‘ I do n't know how I managed it , ’ Constance told Louise that night , excited and proud of her achievement . |
| 24 | Do n't know how I got it when my Father got it for me . |
| 25 | I do n't know how I did it , but , do you know , I did . |
| 26 | ‘ I do n't know how I did it , ’ she said . |
| 27 | Apparently every now and then it did succeed in reaching one of the lower perches , but I never saw it do so and to this day I do n't know how it managed it . |
| 28 | ‘ I do n't know how you managed it … ’ |
| 29 | I do n't know how you caught it love . |
| 30 | ‘ I do n't know how she discovered him . |