Example sentences of "how [pron] was [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But that 's just how I was until the age of twelve , I recognise myself . |
| 2 | She described how she was at a butcher 's shop when she noticed James had gone . |
| 3 | Stephen Whitley 's widow Constance Whitley , 34 , told Cheshire 's deputy Coroner John Pollard , how she was in their terrace home in Mill Lane , Great Sutton , on the evening of March 4 , when she was alerted to the fire by sounds coming from the garage , a few yards from the house . |
| 4 | ‘ That 's not how it was at all . |
| 5 | You ca n't — you pick six instead , and that 's just how it was at the Delacroix in Derry . |
| 6 | Depending on the materials available , the choice of what metal or alloy to use for a particular artefact would be influenced mainly by its intended function and how it was to be manufactured . |
| 7 | Surely the very power which she now felt she possessed would enlighten her later about how it was to be exercised . |
| 8 | This must be a taste of how it was to be a Marine in armour , whose servo-suit responded to the motions of his body , magnifying these … |
| 9 | The most critical part of the whole job was planning exactly what needed to be done , how it was to be done and when . |
| 10 | We were trying to make the tree stand erect in Fred 's pot and not seeing quite how it was to be done . |
| 11 | Cold water and washing soap , this was how it was to be . |
| 12 | Fewers Heretors , Tacksmen of Islay " met , at first twice a year and later annually to consider what needed to be spent and how it was to be raised . |
| 13 | Fewers Heretors , Tacksmen of Islay " met , at first twice a year and later annually to consider what needed to be spent and how it was to be raised . |
| 14 | This was not how it was to be . |
| 15 | The fact that he did not see how it was to be preserved was another matter . |
| 16 | He had no intention of changing his way of life , but how it was to be sustained now he had no idea . |
| 17 | That 's how it was with her husband , Derrick . |
| 18 | That 's how it was with me and badgers then . |
| 19 | We saw how it was with the plants and the seeds , and the birds and their eggs but the animals God made could not make nests and lay eggs , because they were so much larger . |
| 20 | That 's how it was with me and I know it was true for many others . |
| 21 | ‘ Which is how it was with my husband and me . |
| 22 | That 's how it was with Elise . |
| 23 | This is how it was for Regina who from 1942 , when she was eighteen , suffered numerous breakdowns . |
| 24 | She did not feel angry with him : she could imagine how it was for him : woman after woman after woman , all the same , all different , weeping on occasion for fear , boredom , pain , frustration , humiliation . |
| 25 | She saw how it was for the others : that they were suffering while we , fortunate as we were , had enough . |
| 26 | ‘ Oh , Mama , is this how it was for you ? ’ she murmured aloud to the empty room . |
| 27 | ‘ You read Mark 's letter , felt for him , saw his side , which is entirely understandable , but did you give Luke a chance to explain , tell you how it was for him ? ’ |
| 28 | I can only tell you how it was for me . |
| 29 | But Mark was down ; he wrote to you and told you how it was from his point of view , with his perspective . |
| 30 | What I do n't understand , ’ he added softly , ‘ is why you did n't give me a chance to tell you how it was from my point of view . |