Example sentences of "[that] he [verb] [Wh adv] [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And he was delighted that he learnt how to say , I 'm having a lie-in tomorrow morning . |
| 2 | ‘ It assumes that he went round armed with a little pistol , or that he knew where to lay hands on one in the house . ’ |
| 3 | To make sure that none of the macho details went to waste , the full , inside story of Washington 's awesome display of military prowess was entrusted to Steven Emerson of US News & World Report , who had shown in the past that he knew how to treat a government ‘ scoop ’ with respect , and who could be relied upon to resist the kind of sceptical impulse that sometimes afflicts reporters with a wider readership . |
| 4 | Huy knew something about papyrus , having spent most of his life writing on it , and had managed to convince the man that he knew how to make it , without giving away too much of his true background . |
| 5 | Gone are the days when guys thought it was girlie to be groomed , the new man of the 90's makes a noise about the fact that he knows how to look good and what 's more these guys now have more beautifying products than old socks ! |
| 6 | Abrams knew much of the plot , however ; it was precisely because he knew so much that he recognized when to hold back . |