Example sentences of "he [vb past] [verb] how [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Jones then remarked that , even if there were some commercial benefits , he failed to see how they could be vouchsafed for Utah , and reviewed the history of his own group 's work at Brigham Young University . |
| 2 | He tried to imagine how she might be thinking : the sudden joy that the impossible had happened , that a man had returned from the dead . |
| 3 | In his particular style of demi-caractère dance he used classical footwork for most of the time but , from the waist upwards through the body , arms and head , he tried to convey how his performers worked and played in the environment to which they belonged . |
| 4 | He came to see how his possessive checking on Susie had provoked her secretive behaviour . |
| 5 | Would you believe that he said I 've got to work on the aeroplane this week , I 've got the week off , I 've got to work on the aeroplane , I , you know , I shall be alright , down the airfield , er on the Wednesday he arrived to see how we were getting on , complaining like made because he had n't been able to find where the cottage was , I said but I 'd left you a detailed map , |
| 6 | He began to imagine how he would run the wires under the carpet , and had to stop before it became too real . |
| 7 | After an hour he went to see how she was doing , and to see if she needed anything . |
| 8 | He kept saying how their fortunes had taken a turn for the better from the moment Alice began playing with the group . |
| 9 | He wanted to see her , to enjoy her puppy-dog welcome , but he kept wondering how she would react to him if he de-programmed her affection . |
| 10 | He kept wondering how it had got Silk . |
| 11 | He kept wondering how I 'd look after myself when he 'd gone . ’ |
| 12 | And later , when he had been in the water , he had seen how she stood behind her husband , watching him , her eyes curious , lingering on his naked chest . |
| 13 | He had asked how she was . |
| 14 | Would he have gone on to hail Middlesbrough as ‘ that marvellous town of iron ’ if he had foreseen how it would crush so much of the beauty he cherished ? |
| 15 | ‘ Quite a bit , ’ said Finch , suddenly perked up by throwing the rhythm out and hoping that Henry would follow him because he wanted to see how it worked in canon . |
| 16 | ‘ He wanted to know how you did it ? ’ |
| 17 | He wanted to know how I 'd been getting on , and who 'd been helping me out . |
| 18 | He wanted to know how I knew that they were nine miles towards Mali and seemed to be bothered that I was only guessing . |