Example sentences of "[that] [vb past] how " in BNC.
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| 1 | She smiled and she lifted her eyelids at a man in a way that conveyed how attractive and interesting he was . |
| 2 | The result in films like Shipyard ( 1934/5 ) , an impressionistic study of the life of a shipbuilding town , or Night Mail ( 1936 ) , a poetic record of the journey of the Postal Special from London to Glasgow , were films that revealed how much was being missed by the filmmakers who created fabulous fictions behind the walls of the studio — what Grierson described as ‘ the cinema 's capacity for getting around , for observing and selecting from life itself . ’ |
| 3 | A few days later , when doing some research on the Mournes , I read an account of a legend that described how a princess was drowned in the deep waters of the lough and now haunts the area in the shape of a fox ! |
| 4 | Both illusions were shattered in ways that underlined how fragile and ramshackle the policies were , and they were shattered within a month of each other . |
| 5 | Also , Tilly had decided that she could not now reveal the news she had brought with her this morning ; shocking news , news that told how Richard had been cheated and deceived by his own wife … and devastating news of Beth … how she was not safe and happy with Tyler Blacklock , as they had first thought , and how she also had been betrayed , both by her own brother Ben , and by the woman who had raised her from a child . |
| 6 | It was her research that showed how close we are in evolutionary terms to the apes : how they communicate with each other , use tools ( hitherto thought to be a strictly human activity ) and develop lifelong bonds of family and friendship . |
| 7 | Yesterday Dr Morris said : ‘ The latest work will be a follow-up to an earlier study that showed how the community 's health was 30pc worse in some parts of Sunderland than the country as a whole , and 30pc worse again in parts of Middlesbrough . |
| 8 | Her voice rose on a note that betrayed how near she was to breaking-point . |
| 9 | Was it a game today that went how you thought it might do ? |
| 10 | Even as his broken body had followed its spirit into the night woods , there had been something about him : his fingers flexed just so , as if signalling to her ; a frown on his face , as if he was struggling to turn his eyes to the woman by the fire ; a sparkle in those eyes , the dead eyes , the tears that said how he longed to stay . |
| 11 | The same applies to 486DX chips and 486SX chips.million cycles per second ) clock speed , which means that the crystal oscillator that controlled how the system timed its various functions fed 4,770,000 ticks per second into the works . |