Example sentences of "[adv] [conj] how it [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Betty Felton 's tone was a little softer now as she said , ‘ Well , lass , come on , tell us what you 're doin' here and how it 's come about . ’ |
| 2 | Now if your person were to say come round , said it 's the first time they 've had a fit you get , call an ambulance , it may be epilepsy but it could be anything else , it could erm be , be the start of er something else in the brain because that 's all an epileptic fit is , it 's an electrical impulse , nobody actually knows why or when or how it 's caused , but it happens erm , but above all be very , very nice to your casualties , they 'll want to get up and they 'll run away , they want to get out , especially if it 's outside , because they 're embarrassed by it . |
| 3 | I do n't know why or how it worked but it certainly took my mind off my voice . |
| 4 | Why or how it originated is not known , but the Lady Mayoress takes charge of it for the rest of the mayoral year , and no doubt a quick rap over the knuckles will soon curb any tendency the Lord Mayor might have to step out of line . |
| 5 | Mrs McIntyre said : ‘ The letter we have received says they do n't know why or how it happened . ’ |
| 6 | This is why and one of the the real problems with this is it 's not that I 'm criticising , it 's just that if in fact you 've got somebody who was appointed as a treasurer , you can in fact get more information out of it , instead of having to guess what we got from where and how it came in . |
| 7 | The future of a culture may depend on where and how it draws the line . |
| 8 | Some months earlier I had written to Sir Sidney Barton who , fortunately for me , was still British Minister in Addis Ababa , asking him to obtain the Emperor 's permission for me to follow the Awash river through the Danakil country to discover where and how it ended . |
| 9 | When you can use video as another classroom aid , when and how it suits the language programme you are teaching , you almost certainly wo n't want to use it in the same way at the same time each week . |
| 10 | Various fairly unscientific theories have been put forward over the years as to why and how it got there . |
| 11 | Why and how it happens is unknown . |
| 12 | And you promised to tell me why and how it ended . |
| 13 | No amount of exhortation , attitudinal engineering , incentive planning , or even leadership will have any permanent effect unless we understand what hierarchy is and why and how it works . |
| 14 | Is it quite clear what happens , why and how it 's treated ? |