Example sentences of "to [Wh adv] he [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | I have in fact no explanation to offer as to how he came to die , and it may be that no trustworthy explanation will ever be achieved . |
2 | When asked on one occasion what he considered Truth to be , it would seem that Gandhi interpreted the question as a request for information as to how he came to know Truth . |
3 | ‘ All the evidence is there , is n't it ? ’ he remarked , and enlightened her as to how he had reached his conclusions . |
4 | Whilst recalling his early hardships Chaplin also provided a clue as to how he had overcome them for he spoke of how he had ‘ slaved like a nigger to master the difficult steps that formed the routine of the eight Lancashire lads ’ . |
5 | Grant 's face darkened as his memory flashed back to when he 'd stood before the fearsome incendiary device in the basement of Bethlehem House . |
6 | He was using his soft , reasonable tone now , his professional lecturer tone he 'd always switched to when he wanted to wield authority . |
7 | He 's never a car there to when he wants to go |
8 | Edward 's brother-in-law became King Harold II , in 1066 , but he died later that same year at the Battle of Hastings , to whence he had travelled from Stamford Bridge in Yorkshire , where he had successfully defended against an invasion of Norwegians . |
9 | November 1876 , reported that on the previous Thursday evening , he had preached in the little church at Turnham Green , to whence he had walked from Isleworth . |
10 | He could offer no reason as to why he had stepped deliberately over the low wooden fence and onto the clean snow beside this one man 's spaced footsteps . |
11 | As to why he has contacted you after all this time , it could be for one of three reasons . |
12 | He went to where he 'd seen him by the fence and looked down towards the woodpile . |
13 | Cardiff fumbled to where he 'd seen a light switch , began to reach for it … and then stopped . |
14 | He cut up through the forest to where he 'd left the shotguns and followed the treeline round to the left until he hit a shallow ravine almost opposite the cabin . |
15 | He got up and moved over to where he 'd left his coat . |
16 | His anger barely contained , like a storm in a bottle , Joe walked the distance back to where he 'd left his rented car . |
17 | Nicolo looked at her in silence , and then he walked to where he 'd left his glass of sherry and picked it up . |
18 | He put the candle-holder down on it , then turned towards her , and before she could stop him he gave her a kiss so gentle that it hardly registered , and she stared at him , wide-eyed , put her hand to where he had saluted her , and said huskily , ‘ No , ’ although what she meant by that neither he nor she knew . |
19 | They had an agent , they said , who lived close to where he had lived during the short period after his return from Canada . |
20 | As Seb walked to where he had tied Romni his name was called and he turned to find Anna walking towards him . |
21 | That being the case , Ann and I quickly arranged to visit our son , to see his new home — and have a few casts ; and Blair took me to where he had landed his sea-trout , in the sea-pool between Clett headland and Rubha Glas , over the golden sands at Geireann . |
22 | He walked first of all towards the place where he and Christian had tied their horses , but then changed direction to where he had noticed Anna seated on the steps of a caravan . |
23 | They hurried over to where he had found a previously unseen exit between two large boulders . |
24 | ‘ Over here , ’ shouted one of the Sturmabteilungen and the others , six to start with , but soon joined by more from inside the building , ran to where he had found the tripped alarm . |
25 | Carefully , she made her way to where he had laid a pile of tablecloths on the floor . |
26 | ‘ Are you one of the scientists ? ’ asked Endill , cautiously returning to where he had dropped his ironing-board . |
27 | Iago has led Othello to where he had predicted , caused the people he hates to destroy each other . |
28 | He picked his way along the muddy track to where he had left his car . |
29 | She was so far gone that Joey had to help her walk across the field to where he had parked . |
30 | And when she woke she turned with such longing to where he had lain and called his name and thought she would do anything for him , anything at all he wanted , because she loved him , she loved him , she loved him . |