Example sentences of "and how [pron] have [verb] " in BNC.

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1 One of the things I 'd like to see happen is a greater exchange across all the businesses of what they 've learnt and how they 've gone about quality programmes .
2 He knew more now about the family , and how they had lost their parents .
3 It was at that point that Edward recalled the constable 's other words and how they had troubled him even then — seeming to carry a sinister note , a warning .
4 Alexei remembered how Tulagai and Targoutai had fawned on Siban before Nogai had been elected Kha-Khan , and how they had voiced their support for Nogai , their own half-brother , as soon as it had become apparent that he had Burun 's vote .
5 I knew so little about who had held them and how they had got out , it seemed as if they had come from a different world , a different time .
6 They told what an excellent trip it had been and how they had sat on a platform in the sunshine halfway across to eat their sandwiches with not another boat in sight .
7 Fenella , who understood in a vague way about mill wheels and how they had to rotate continually to provide power , saw with horror that the slaves inside the steel mesh cages were forced by the motion of the wheels to tread endlessly forward to keep the treadmills revolving .
8 It was also he who told me of the Great Ones , ’ he went on with a faraway look , ‘ and how they had chosen us to be saved to do this . ’
9 How it had progressed , when and how they had continued to meet , how it had ended , Domenica had n't confided .
10 But Floy was still sickened ; he remembered how on Renascia they had tried to follow what they had known of the Earth-people 's death rituals and how they had had the large , austere Firehouse with the ornate bronze lamps which were always kept burning in memory of those who had died .
11 It showed what the weather was and how they had started taking daily sunshine for granted that he had n't got any sort of jacket or sweater with him even though he expected to be away overnight .
12 The research will document the manner in which Metropolitan Committees have organised their consideration of such ideas and how they have developed policy proposals .
13 Write some short notes about where the stones have come from and how they have got their particular markings and colour .
14 FTIR and electron spin resonance ( ESR ) spectroscopy are being used in archaeology as a valuable complement to elemental analysis in the search to determine the provenance of raw materials , the place and date of manufacture , and how they have weathered over the centuries .
15 In this case , note that the essay goes on , The aim is not to apportion blame but to uncover the origins of racial stereotyping and how they have permeated English Literature .
16 Use an establishing shot to check what your students have noticed and how they have interpreted it .
17 An enormous amount of research has gone on in the last few decades into how and when settlements originated and how they have changed over time .
18 It will be more concerned with how industrial relations practices are related to the distinctive logic of operation of public enterprises , and how they have changed as the enterprises themselves have come under the political pressures referred to above .
19 Ideally reflection will : raise the status of the children 's contributions draw significance from the work help the children understand the meanings in their work , and how they have used dramatic forms to create those meanings move the drama forward — both in terms of the narrative and the quality of learning .
20 Mengele was obsessed with twins , and five of the twins who had the terrible misfortune to figure in his ‘ studies ’ talk about what they went through and how they have coped with the memories in Sunday 's Everyman : My Brother , My Sister ( 10.20pm , — Gazza ‘ azza gon na to Italy at last , but the ups and downs of a year when his comeback looked anything but certain are charted in Sunday 's hour-long documentary Gazza The Fight Back ( 4pm , Tyne Tees , 5.30pm Yorks ) .
21 I told him about the weekend we spent in Kent where Wendy 's brother was stationed , and how we had visited Canterbury Cathedral on our way to Charing , which meant , I explained pedantically , a ‘ turn ’ on the Pilgrim Way .
22 ‘ We want people to see how money is being spent here and how we have improved conditions . ’
23 and how he 'd seen prison and er they 'd said they had n't any prisons but he found one and erm hospitals and all that sort of thing and at the end of the week 's visit erm one of the very high ups , whom he named and I 've forgotten the name of him , I think I 'll just use that , thank you erm sent for h he , he was brought before him as it were and the man said to him are there any questions er at the end of your week that you want to ask and he said well perhaps there is one he said erm Winston Churchill was here erm a month or two , a few months ago
24 Spun me a good story about her husband , Malcolm , and how he 'd died , and she was going to stay with a friend in Birkleigh until she found a living-in job where she could keep you .
25 He remembered old dad VATman up at Hoomey 's sitting by the fire and how he had wanted to go there , and that made him think of a good name : Lucky Fireside … no , Firelight , Lucky Firelight .
26 And how he had pressed it on her ! ( pp. 258 — 9 )
27 All he had to do now was to let Mr Hogan know how distressed Mrs Hogan was and how he had saved the day .
28 With grave face and totally businesslike voice he began to talk about the beginnings of this place , of the way he had planned and discussed the enterprise , and how he had enabled the local people to be involved all the way through , so that they knew what he was planning , and they did n't feel threatened by him , but collaborated with him , knowing that it meant jobs , roads and plumbing and a higher standard of living for them all .
29 Jean-Claude expected me to respect all his fads — especially the fuss and nonsense about the particular brand of coffee-beans he must have , and how he had to grind them himself , give the machine at least one hundred turns , sit comfortably .
30 Jack describes how ‘ London Bach ’ had written pieces for his uncle and how he had searched the papers of the copyist for the originals .
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