Example sentences of "how you [verb] a [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | We had arranged to meet Mrs Newton at her home at ten o'clock and I left my flat earlier than necessary to try to miss some of the rush-hour traffic , though how you avoid a rush hour which lasts from around seven in the morning to nine o'clock at night , I do not know . |
| 2 | how you get a name , is n't it , you know , really laugh about it . |
| 3 | It 's quite interesting sometimes how you get a question back or you get closer to the young people as a result . |
| 4 | It 's funny how you get a picture of someone . ’ ’ |
| 5 | How you get a pension |
| 6 | Oh how you got a light on ? |
| 7 | How you got a light on ? |
| 8 | That curiously marked pocket , that brief hint in an article in Mountain , so that 's how you climb a wall like that without protection bolts ! |
| 9 | ‘ Like how you made a stab at Ophelia in nineteen sixty-five . ’ |
| 10 | How you make a choice of career is likely to be a significant factor in determining how successful it ultimately is . |
| 11 | And I think when we talk in terms in getting around to spending the money we have got then we need to look quite clearly about how you make a place more inviting and it 's also about when people come into the building how they 're met what the receptionists like , when they ring up can they get through and I mean I 'm I 'm surprised that 's said about the tickets that I think that our reception ticket areas an excellent area the people working there are first class are very friendly very helpful so it 's trying to get that sort of concept through the building I thin k we work on that I think the building 's kept very clean people who clean the building are very good but I hear what you 're saying and I thinks it 's been said earlier by the lady here by the foyer downstairs she feels threatened when she goes into that bar because I think the whole decor and the way it is is a threatening place I think we need to look at those so that was an old and . |
| 12 | Then , after the kettle has boiled you pour the hot water into the cup and add the milk and stir it together and that 's how you make a cup of coffee . |
| 13 | ‘ I remember you once told me how you spent a lot of time on the Algarve when you were young , ’ Vitor said , ‘ but I had no idea which area you came to . ’ |
| 14 | Sometimes you wonder how you lost a game — and that thought will keep me awake all night . ’ |
| 15 | ‘ The thing about directing is that it depends on how you read a play . |
| 16 | Wrapped and cordless multifilaments , hybrids , notching — what do they have to do with how you hit a tennis ball ? |
| 17 | As New Scientist revealed two weeks ago ( 27 January , p 217 ) you will have the chance to vote on how you want a love story to end . |
| 18 | How you greet a customer can leave a lasting impression . |
| 19 | That 's not how you repay a favour . |