Example sentences of "[v-ing] i how [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | and er D er er Dave was showing me how it works and he went out and the little one was saying I 'll do it for you granddad , look this is how you do it , and she starts typing away , and she 's four ! |
| 2 | And it was no comfort having old ladies telling me how they wished they had naturally curly hair . |
| 3 | Small time burglars with the social skills of a potted shrimp telling me how they 're saving all their readies to invest in a club one day — ‘ Maybe Puerto Banus , maybe Chesterfield , I 'm not sure yet . ’ |
| 4 | she 's here telling me how they sent over and she said oh do n't call for the next two week because we 're going to Italy |
| 5 | Harriet , she begins to talk , feeling the wine in her head , and talking faster , you are telling me how you bought this pretty scenery for Mummy 's sake , partly . |
| 6 | ‘ Would you mind telling me how you heard your sister , Sandra Riverton , had been murdered ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Feargal has just been telling me how you helped out this morning , and your idea of putting pictures on the menus . |
| 8 | ‘ Do you mind telling me how you know ? ’ |
| 9 | Perhaps you could start off by telling me how you came into working in the lock trade . |
| 10 | Frank came up to me and started telling me how I should run it . |
| 11 | Anyhow , ’ he continued in his usual exuberant fashion , ‘ we were standing right outside Oliphants ’ Café , so I suggested coffee , and in no time she was telling me how she now lived in London , and had a flat there , and … ’ |
| 12 | I remember him telling me how he once broke up a fight outside a nightclub . |