Example sentences of "how he [verb] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In explaining how he managed to escape active military service during the war by signing on for an officers ' programme , Mr Clinton apparently omitted to mention that he had already received his call-up notice when he sought to join the Reserve Officers ' Training Corps . |
| 2 | I am sure that the House , with its customary generosity , would be prepared to listen to a personal statement from the hon. Member for Esher ( Mr. Taylor ) if he cares to explain how he came to keep quiet about his possession at a crucial time of a confidential Committee paper . |
| 3 | She thought of the way he exuded confidence and command , how he 'd earned instant respect in Florian 's , the way people in the bar had respectfully treated him … |
| 4 | It 's funny how he manages to keep awake ! |
| 5 | AN RAF man told a court yesterday how he had fallen asleep at the wheel of a Land-Rover before his friend died in a head-on crash with a lorry on the A1 . |
| 6 | A BOY yesterday told how he had developed dizzy spells and a craving for chocolate soon after a nurse accused of murdering four children came to live at his home . |
| 7 | When it poured down incessantly he saw only too clearly how he had got stuck , was at an impasse , handicapped as he was in so many respects . |
| 8 | He wondered how he had found sufficient courage to ask her to the Edwardian Ball , and then remembered that it was her air of calm dignity which had made him anxious to take her to impress his parents . |