Example sentences of "as he [verb] how [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Heartbroken Tim Godwin weeps as he tells how he had to tell his 23-month-old daughter Sophie : ‘ Mummy is n't coming back ’ . |
| 2 | There is still an abyss or several to be crossed , but the bishop was applauded with vast intensity as he told how he had demanded the release of the 150 people reckoned to have been arrested during the street fighting , and had been told that complaints of police brutality would be investigated if the names of the victims were submitted in writing to the authorities . |
| 3 | BOYFRIEND David Harper choked back tears yesterday as he told how he left his lover and her twin sister to die in a midnight barn blaze . |
| 4 | He choked back tears as he told how he waved her off from Heathrow , where he works . |
| 5 | A recent picture of Pc Alexander Kelly , 32 , who wept as he told how his colleague was shot dead |
| 6 | In the wake of Warrington , the simple dignity of Colin Parry , as he told how his son , Tim , died when his life support machine was switched off , was branded instantly upon the brain of the nation . |
| 7 | Fury returned as he thought how he had been cheated of glory by a treacherous piece of turf , when it had not even been his turn to lead ! |
| 8 | It means Lamb 's worst fears will be confirmed as he discovers how his disclosure of the Pakistan ball tampering scandal has totally embarrassed cricket 's governing body , the Test and County Cricket Board . |
| 9 | Benjamin rose and , slipping his arm through mine , led me back to the garden , teasing me into a good mood as he explained how he had found Waldegrave drunk as a lord and insensible as a rock in a corner of his opulent chapel . |
| 10 | Christopher Taylor blinked back tears as he described how he had arrived at the hospital to find his son , seven-week-old Liam , had suffered a mysterious collapse . |
| 11 | More tears rolled onto the sand as he remembered how his father had dropped the bundle and run away across the farm , never to be seen again … . |
| 12 | Howard sips his sherry , and tries not to wave his arms about as he explains how they converted their house . |