Example sentences of "be [v-ing] how [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | MO Mowlam ( recreations : travelling , swimming , jogging , jigsaws , watching football ) has been explaining how she sometimes gets by during the campaign on just two hours sleep a night . |
| 2 | I daresay you 're wondering how we ever came to meet — Club Mediterranée it was . |
| 3 | ‘ You 're wondering how I get by , what the hell I do to get by . |
| 4 | They 're not hard once you understand what you 're doing how you get it because you 're sharing out but they 're probably the most awkward when you 've got mixed whole numbers counting numbers and fractions all in together . |
| 5 | It said a lot of people who 're watching how they react ? |
| 6 | I was gratified to have your letter , as I had been wondering how you were faring , but understood that you must be too busy to write . |
| 7 | We were all asked to sit down — which was absolutely unheard of — and then he said , ‘ Well , I expect you 've all been wondering how you got here … . ’ |
| 8 | I am wondering how I can decorate the tank without using up too much space . |
| 9 | On the contrary , I am wondering how I may reward you … |
| 10 | The brother of the murdered Edinburgh student Paul Sheldon has been describing how he tried to save his life . |
| 11 | A former SAS soldier who 's climbed the highest mountain in the world without oxygen has been describing how he struggled to breathe . |
| 12 | A factory worker has been describing how he tried in vain to save a colleague who 'd been overcome by toxic fumes . |
| 13 | We are investigating how we can involve our service users in evaluating services . |
| 14 | I have been considering how we in British industry can help our Forces in the Gulf at this difficult time . |
| 15 | We also need to let people around us know where our boundaries are concerning how they should behave towards us . |
| 16 | Many people in the West have been asking how it can best jog things along . |
| 17 | A young soldier , who almost died after being impaled on a fence post in an accident , has been descibing how he survived . |
| 18 | Barrie Corless says it seems criminal that a side like Gloucester were facing relegation last season so he will be looking how they can improve … he adds there were problems last year and it wouyld be unrealistic to hope for instant success but hopes to turn things around in the not too distant future |
| 19 | Now , as those ambitions have crumbled , Barbara must be remembering how it all started , the day when she and George swept into the White House after his eight years as Vice-President . |
| 20 | I 'm wondering how you 'll manage to fit it in with your work and family matters , er all the time that you 'll need to do this , |
| 21 | THE Norwich Union County Championship yesterday returned to Yorkshire after an eight-year gap , but Buckinghamshire will be wondering how they managed to lose 1–2 at St Albans . |
| 22 | We have only fourteen Labour councillors out of thirty nine and you 'll be wondering how we manage to lead the council . |
| 23 | Now he must be wondering how he is going to get through the week . |
| 24 | Olney , Villa 's gangling striker , must still be wondering how he failed to score when following up his header against an upright from Richardson 's free-kick . |
| 25 | WITH THE new season now only a few weeks away , clubs will be assessing how they can best update or improve their facilities . |
| 26 | The trial of Gary Corbett , who 's accused of murdering a nine month old baby girl has been hearing how she suffered a catalogue of appalling injuries before her death . |
| 27 | We were seeing how it was becoming more dangerous , violent , with the growing presence of guns amongst kids . |
| 28 | The American armed services were considering how they might react to an appeal for assistance from an anti-communist government in Tehran , or how they should respond to a coup by elements which had the backing of Moscow . |
| 29 | We were discussing how you spunk with Bonjella , she swallowed it last night . |
| 30 | We may think we are monitoring how they are getting on . |