Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [pron] [vb past] to be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Her grandmother sniffed and her mother promised to send in a note whenever she needed to be off PE . |
| 2 | If we were all hay fever prone , then whenever we happened to be in a place where the pollen count was high , our eyes would start streaming and our noses running . |
| 3 | To pinch a famous phrase , the road from Edinburgh to Sarajevo is a long one , and I am not sure how I came to be on it . |
| 4 | ‘ And that was how she came to be at the reception ? ’ |
| 5 | We began by asking her how she came to be in broadcasting . |
| 6 | ‘ They felt that in the appreciation I had somehow caught what she was about , this thing about how she loved to be in Cornwall and loved to wear her scruffy clothes and wellington boots . |
| 7 | We had coffee , talked of the gardens and of plants difficult to grow in chalky soil — but nothing personal was said on either side , nor any thought of how she happened to be with me . |
| 8 | But I want to hear now the whole story of your life , and how you came to be with the boys I saw you with that day . ’ |
| 9 | He turned to Sally-Anne who was clinging to his arm , and said , ‘ I know a small chop-house near here , and when you have eaten you may tell me what happened , and how you came to be on your own , under attack . ’ |
| 10 | That was how there came to be at Unseen University the Octavo , greatest of all grimoires , formerly owned by the Creator of the Universe . |
| 11 | I can see how they came to be with you . |
| 12 | In this next example two Polish boys are telling an English girl how they came to be in France during World War Two : |
| 13 | Indeed , Creggan soon found out that none of the eagles seemed to like talking about where they came from or how they came to be in the Cages . |
| 14 | He said : ‘ When police officers attended the scene it became apparent that the media were also in attendance — how they came to be in attendance is not known and not through any action on our part . |
| 15 | Probably were n't I do n't know but they seemed to us I may be looking at it from a child 's eyes but er that 's how they seemed to be to me . |
| 16 | ‘ Club before country was how it had to be for me because injury and suspension have left me with only 11 players for Arbroath 's league game with Brechin City on Saturday , ’ said McGrain . |
| 17 | It was about time he learned how it felt to be on the receiving end for a change . |
| 18 | I expect to read a full and objective description of what 's on the site now , together with a documented reconstruction of how it came to be like that . |
| 19 | I asked Maureen about this strange and spectacular bird , and she told me how it came to be in her care . |
| 20 | When questioned , Mr Bence said he had never seen the trophy cabinet in his life , and was at a loss to explain how it came to be in the director 's Portakabin . |
| 21 | He looked for art in reality , and that was how he came to be with her . |
| 22 | We do n't know who the man was , let alone how he came to be in the river . |
| 23 | No one saw how he came to be in the water . |
| 24 | If , thanks to you , my daughter comes to any harm , I 'll make sure the world knows every detail of how and why she came to be in danger . ’ |
| 25 | Then in August 1208 , when Innocent had found his way to the point where he wished to be in the dispute , the significant letters of 1205 – 6 were entered up . |
| 26 | How , then , could the government explain why he came to be in possession of a genuine birth certificate for a non-existent person without embarrassing the CIA , which had given it to him in the first place ? |
| 27 | Candidates had to write down what they felt would most help them improve their lives and these suggestions were forwarded to the Prince in the diplomatic bag to wherever he happened to be in the world ; he then chose whom the money should go to . |