Example sentences of "how [pron] [vb past] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How everyone doted on you ! |
| 2 | She was all for a bit of ducking and diving , that 's how everyone lived in her estimation , but from what she had gleaned recently about her sons , it was a completely different lifestyle they were after . |
| 3 | A mother-in-law ( that 's how I thought about her already ) , a French mother-in-law who 's been deserted by an Englishman now being introduced by her daughter to the Englishman she wants to marry ? |
| 4 | Was that how I thought of it now — the Bible Room and the Wheel Room , the stairs and turret ? |
| 5 | Ernest , Alfred , Louis , Max : the band of students , that was how I thought of them . |
| 6 | But then I was reminded how I thought of a an accountant who was at work what figure was five and five and he said what figures did you have in mind . |
| 7 | I have described how I looked in the mirror and , seeing myself ‘ in the flesh ’ did not recognise myself . |
| 8 | That evening he came to my room , to see how I looked in my new nightdress . |
| 9 | I do n't know how I got through myself , because I was no good at school . ’ |
| 10 | So it 's like , ‘ Who is this guy ? ’ and that 's how I got into Van Halen . |
| 11 | So that 's how I got into it , really . |
| 12 | I ca n't really answer how I got into it , me , I got three big brothers so , maybe that 's got part to do with it . |
| 13 | That 's how I got into it that 's for sure . |
| 14 | Well actually how I got into it was I was idle at the time and er my two chums were French polishers and as I 've said and they said , Er now would you like to come in and try it ? |
| 15 | ‘ I wondered how I got to bed . ’ |
| 16 | And er , if I was to put entries all the way across the top of this spreadsheet like this , and then , all the way across the bottom of the spreadsheet , do you know how I got to the bottom so quickly , by the way ? |
| 17 | Some adolescents seemed concerned about a lack of knowledge or deficiency in Creole on their own part : For my English oral , last year , I had to read a Patois poem , so I aksed my mum to read it for me , and that 's how I got to , you know , sort of pick it up just for that poem … kept letting her read it over and over again till I get the sound . |
| 18 | I do n't know how I got in there . |
| 19 | " I could do well , but I think how I related to people was as important as how well I did at school . |
| 20 | I left them in no doubt about how I felt on Friday and Saturday . |
| 21 | I think that was more to do with how I felt about what had happened than a real fear of pregnancy . |
| 22 | Assistant manager Eddie Stein , who had taken temporary control , said : ‘ The chairman did ask me how I felt about Barry possibly coming back earlier this week and I told him I 'd welcome him with open arms . |
| 23 | ‘ But you knew how I felt about him , ’ pouted Anne . |
| 24 | I wrote to everybody going , in fact ev all over the world I should think all , everybody in this country because that is how I felt about it . |
| 25 | I could not explain to Wemmick how I felt about Magwitch 's money , so I said nothing . |
| 26 | ‘ He admitted in the end that he was suggesting the break for my sake , and I told him how I felt about that . |
| 27 | But you knew how I felt about you , did n't you ? ’ |
| 28 | She must have been able to tell from my face how I felt about that . |
| 29 | ‘ I think you probably know how I felt about Christine . ’ |
| 30 | sitting on the bed in my old room last night , I found I could n't work out how I felt about Hilda dying . |