Example sentences of "[verb] [Wh adv] [pers pn] [vb past] to " in BNC.

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1 In later years , when explaining how he got to Cape Town , John always mentioned having appeared in one or two small parts when the ballet from the Cape came to Johannesburg .
2 She was curious to know how she looked to other people .
3 Mr Usta , aged 34 , who lives with his wife , mother and three daughters in a shack in an Istanbul shanty town , described how he came to London last year , attracted by a newspaper advertisement offering money to kidney donors .
4 I do n't even know how we got to be born .
5 And er , if I was to put entries all the way across the top of this spreadsheet like this , and then , all the way across the bottom of the spreadsheet , do you know how I got to the bottom so quickly , by the way ?
6 I do n't know how it came to be shown at the Carlton , East Ham , but one Sunday my parents took me to see The Sheep Has Five Legs starring the French comedian Fernandel .
7 I do n't know how it came to be , whether it was the the French that really in invented it .
8 Despite his overall fatigue and discomfort , Mark wore it proudly and explained and demonstrated how it worked to everyone involved in his care .
9 Despite his overall fatigue and discomfort , Mark wore it proudly and explained and demonstrated how it worked to everyone involved in his care .
10 " Do you know where they went to ? "
11 We do not know where he went to next , nor whether Richard was still with him .
12 You do n't know where he went to when he left ?
13 but today I did you know when she said to me though , what would you do ?
14 Do you know when I went to Gareth 's house and er , he had a you know a house warming party
15 I do n't know why she spoke to me , what was special about me , why she did n't ignore me the way she ignored everyone else .
16 Yes to a Mrs Stow before , I 'm sorry we have to tell you like this , anyway do you know why he came to the hotel ?
17 ‘ Of course , it is not known who the kidnappers of Mr McCarthy are , so we are interested to know why you came to the Government of Iran for help . ’
18 Missed that and er oh I forget where she went to .
19 She automatically crossed her arms across her chest , a habit she had adopted whenever she spoke to James .
20 In one of his essays he says how he boasted to Stokowski that he had an engagement with Karajan in Berlin !
21 In the talk , first Mr Preshous ( Principal of the Bishop 's Castle ommunity College ) recalled how they came to Bishop 's Castle in 1973 when the Borough was celebrating Charter Year marking the 400th anniversary of the granting of the Borough Charter .
22 The problem was she had no real idea of what she was going to say or do when she got to the château .
23 I can see how they came to be with you .
24 which you know maybe you , you , you 'd like to erm sort of er see how you related to those sort of people .
25 Could n't they see how it had to be nourished ?
26 He could n't remember how he came to be here .
27 ‘ Later she will remember how you came to her and it will comfort her .
28 Earlier in the debate we were told how he listened to my hon. Friend the Member for Tayside , North ( Mr. Walker ) , who is no longer here .
29 One man who would sacrifice all his prize money for the year just to win the Wimbledon Singles Crown that has eluded him is Ivan Lendl , and the tension clearly showed when he lost to the Canadian Grant Connell in windy , dark , and damp conditions in the Stella Artois Championship at Queen 's Club .
30 He could also understand why they objected to London being the European headquarters of United Motors .
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