Example sentences of "he [verb] how [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Bring fully into the consciousness of your patient that particular lift of his mother 's eyebrows which he learnt to dislike in the nursery and let him think how he dislikes it . |
| 2 | She would have hated him to see how her hands shook as she spooned the coffee into the mugs , overdid the sugar and had to start again . |
| 3 | An individual manager can be placed on the grid , and his position on the grid should help him to see how his performance as a leader and a manager can be improved . |
| 4 | Having been reassured on this point , he had grudgingly accepted Ellen 's explanation that she had been given leave to visit him to see how he was coping alone , and had promptly put his daughter and her companion to work . |
| 5 | We were able to throw no end of different tasks at him to see how he responded to those . |
| 6 | Your task is to let him know how you feel about housework — that you hate it just as much as he does , and if you do it together , you can go to the pictures — or to bed — twice as quickly . |
| 7 | I am very bitter about it and want him to know how I feel . |
| 8 | And they took counsel and made a letter for the leader of the army of the Almoravides , wherein they told him that the Cid had made a treaty with the King of Aragon , whereby the King bound himself to help him against them ; and they bade him beware how he came towards Valencia , unless he chose to do battle with eight thousand Christian horsemen , covered with iron , and the best warriors in the world . |
| 9 | Fighting an impulse to back away , Gina forced herself to hold her ground , refusing to let him see how his nearness made the hairs on the back of her neck rise in anticipation of conflict . |
| 10 | Even that slight contact sent a shudder through her body , but she fought it , refusing to let him see how he could move her . |
| 11 | She dressed in black trousers and a white blouse with long full sleeves , brushed her hair till it shone and twisted it into a tight knot on top of her head , thinking with satisfaction that Roman would n't like it but she was n't about to let him dictate how she wore her hair , or dressed . |
| 12 | This session is the cause of much joshing in the Right Said Fred camp , him saying how he 'd make sure he had a hot shower first and primed himself for action if he did it again , his partners enjoying wiggling their little fingers at any opportunity and ribbing him for his perceived shortcomings . |
| 13 | There are also various products incorporating magnets , and one is currently being marketed by the Real McKoi , a company advertising in PFK — give Ray Talbot a ring and ask him to explain how it works . |
| 14 | I 've heard him say how he went to sea and he done two voyages . |
| 15 | For the first time ever he realised how he missed the woman when he did not see her . |
| 16 | Had he guessed how she felt about him ? |
| 17 | He asked how we are going to pay for the borrowing . |
| 18 | He asked how it felt . |
| 19 | He asked how I felt and what I was most afraid of , I answered ‘ hitting the ground ’ - at least I was honest . |
| 20 | He asked how you were and said you were a very good horse-woman . " |
| 21 | ‘ Does he know how she feels ? ’ |
| 22 | Does he know how I 've changed , how ill I am ? |
| 23 | I have read of a good bishop that was to be burnt for his religion ; and he tried how he could bear it , by putting his fingers into the lighted candle : so I t' other day tried , when Rachel 's back was turned , if I could not scour a pewter plate she had begun . |
| 24 | He tried how he could bear it by putting his fingers into the lighted candle , so I the other day tried if I could scour a pewter plate . |
| 25 | To this day , he wonders how she made out . |
| 26 | He wonders how he got it . |
| 27 | He recounted how it was his standard lunch time practice in the 60 's to rush to places such as Ifton Colliery , St. Martin 's , near Oswestry to photograph their railways and to chat to some of the characters who operated them . |
| 28 | He described how they heard a plane , and then came the searing flash and tempestuous roar , and then the utter unbroken silence of the grave . |
| 29 | He described how they went outside , and saw the flattened port , and hundreds of bodies lying right around them , their exposed skin scalded , and he remembered the obscene and chilling stillness of it all . |
| 30 | On another occasion he described how he had ‘ once spent several hours on a bicycle with a friend in a serious attempt to discover the real spot but the search ended in failure though tourists assure me positively that they found it without difficulty ’ . |