Example sentences of "[conj] i [vb past] how [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Do you know , Father , it was n't until Whitton was dead that I realised how he had held us in his evil thrall . ’ |
| 2 | In fact , I 'd become so accustomed to relying on her that I wondered how I would . |
| 3 | ‘ It was a photograph of Mark and I heard how he 'd qualified as a chiropractor and set up in Falmouth where it 's uphill work . |
| 4 | And you kissed him ; and I thought how he could be with you whenever he wished . |
| 5 | And I learnt how we could organize to improve our conditions through sharing as a community . |
| 6 | Clearly those calves had drained him and I knew how he felt . |
| 7 | But I always knew you were fiercely independent and I knew how you 'd react to my eternal presence if you realised I was there as a self-appointed bodyguard . ’ |
| 8 | Erm , I , I , I did n't say the question lightly it 's just that I think it needs watching , and I wondered how it was , because I 've heard so often in the past , that people have so many lines of enquiries , but the money goes , and you know , it 's all marvellous , and I 'm not suggesting |
| 9 | We were almost there and I wondered how he would behave when he was face-to-face with Gómez , what he would say . |
| 10 | And I wondered how he deduced you know , how he got this . |
| 11 | CATHERINE I 'd be more pleased if I knew how you got in the door . |
| 12 | ‘ If I knew how I meant I should n't be asking you to design it , because that 's what design is , knowing how you mean . |
| 13 | Whenever he was out he set himself the task ‘ to study how and why until I discovered how I should have played the ball that beat me ’ . |
| 14 | I knew there were no flies on her but I wondered how she 'd found that out . |
| 15 | ‘ Not since I realised how it was reared , think of shutting out the daylight all their lives . ’ |
| 16 | I clearly understood why when I heard how they confirmed his view of the economy in Northern Ireland . |
| 17 | When I asked how he communicated with Bengali patients who spoke no English he said ‘ I have no trouble in communicating with them because I learned pidgin English in the army . ’ |
| 18 | It brought several things to mind : the evident barrier during negotiations between the steward and the women ; the warnings of a friend about my own relationship with the steward — ‘ You put too much trust in that man ’ ; and the remark made when I reported how I had initially explained my research aims to the union stewards — ‘ You told the Secret Service ! |