Example sentences of "[is] [Wh adv] i [modal v] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's 'ow I can be so sure , you see . |
| 2 | That 's 'ow I can be so certain about the expression on 'is face . |
| 3 | Alec Clifton-Taylor describes this stone as being ‘ absolutely dependable ’ , which is how I would also describe ‘ The Hagge ’ . |
| 4 | So again , we find that Chewong reaction to perceived violence — which is how I would describe the abuse of the jealous woman — is to retreat from it . |
| 5 | It is sometimes easier to proceed on the basis of : ‘ If I were doing the job this is how I would do it ’ , but this can be delusory even for analysts who have past experience as operators . |
| 6 | An eight year old , if I ruled the world , if I was in charge this is how I would organize things and then and I believe , what I believe in . |
| 7 | So you 're not writing an essay , what you 're doing is saying , well if this question came up , this is how I would answer it , then what I will do is give you feedback there and then on wh what else you can include and what else you ca n't . |
| 8 | yes that it would e it would exclude none of those possibilities is how I would |
| 9 | He thought : I believe that this is how I shall remember her when it is over , as over it will surely be sooner or later . |
| 10 | This is precisely what he had been attempting in " The Dry Salvages " , for example , and it is significant that he used much the same phrase in his demand that contemporary poetry should have such a strong relationship to current speech that " the listener or reader can say " that is how I should talk if I could talk poetry " . |
| 11 | Having been Chairman of BNFL I would like to contribute as a Chairman in the future … and that , I believe , is how I can make my best contribution . |
| 12 | So this is how I used to live … |
| 13 | — you were always a gentleman while you were at Kirkcaldy and that 's how I 'll always think of you , regardless of where you are in the future . |
| 14 | I wonder if that 's how I shall finish up ? ’ |
| 15 | And that 's how I 'd be |
| 16 | And here 's how I 'd change them : |
| 17 | So that 's how I can speak from direct experience . |
| 18 | They were like Fred Flintstone and Barney Rubble , that 's how I used to think of them . |
| 19 | That 's how I used to be until I had my brain overhaused last year . |
| 20 | That 's how I used to act , until I realized it was just a sham and I decided that it was time I was honest with myself . |
| 21 | That 's how I could afford my passage to England and this holiday . |
| 22 | And in a way that 's how I approached this album , it 's how I will approach Alfie when we come you know it 's it 's a wonderful passion . |
| 23 | You 're right though that 's when I would freeze . |
| 24 | That 's when I 'll be leaving here now . ’ |
| 25 | ‘ That 's when I 'll do my thinking about Sal and Julia and the days I shared with them . ’ |
| 26 | Reveille 's at seven for you , and that 's when I 'll have the bathtub ready . ’ |
| 27 | That 's when I 'll be terrified — when there 's nothing more we can do but wait . ’ |
| 28 | That 's when I 'll be finished . |
| 29 | aye cos that 's , that 's when I 'll be going , er that 's when I , erm but Billy says he wo n't pay the poll tax |
| 30 | This is when I 'll dry up but never mind , I 'll try . |