Example sentences of "[verb] how he could [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 . |
| 2 | 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 . |
| 3 | In fact , I do n't know how he could authorise it — he has n't got the men . |
| 4 | Well I do n't , you do n't see how he could do it ? |
| 5 | Even that slight contact sent a shudder through her body , but she fought it , refusing to let him see how he could move her . |
| 6 | I did not see how he could keep it secret for much longer , but that was his business . |
| 7 | ‘ When I was talking to him , he had this habit of looking over my head and I wondered whether what I was saying was going in , but he was digesting it and seeing how he could turn it round to his way of doing things . |