Example sentences of "be [Wh adv] [pers pn] [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The two rivers are very different to look at , or at least they have been whenever I have seen them . |
| 2 | Uppermost among them will be how they begin to devise a strategy to defeat a man who is both boxer and puncher . |
| 3 | That 'll be where they 've left they |
| 4 | ‘ That must be why we have to stop the ceremony — to make sure he ca n't tap the mental energy of the congregation and use it to supplement the Old One 's autonomic functions enough to pull the rest of it out of the Vortex , ’ Ace finished , and sat back with a cheery grin . |
| 5 | I mean , that could be why he 's gone off to Scunthorpe , could n't it ? |
| 6 | That might be why he 's gone away . |
| 7 | That may be why he refused to speak to Miss Havisham directly , but spoke only to me during the conversation . |
| 8 | It is true that primary schools are providing a better educational service ( with the possible exceptions of spelling and mental arithmetic ) than they were when I began teaching in 1948 . |
| 9 | He had n't wondered where her clothes were when he 'd returned to Primrose Cottage at the end of that autumn term . |
| 10 | Richard Baker explains how crude the technical facilities were when he began reading the news in the 1950's . |
| 11 | What few cars there were when she arrived had disappeared . |
| 12 | Now on that point , for access someone now needs to pick up and write effectively a simple this is how we project planning on access . |
| 13 | ‘ And this is how we 've done our share , ’ said Adam bitterly . |
| 14 | The performance at Arsenal was an indicator that we are back on song , and that is how we intend to stay . ’ |
| 15 | I was to perform two of Joyce 's pieces , the first being ‘ Committee ’ , a deadly accurate re-creation of a Northern Ladies Choral Committee meeting convened to axe one of its founder members : ‘ Now , we do n't want any unpleasantness , friendly is what we are and friendly is how we mean to go on … but I think we all know there is one voice in the altos that did not ought to be there . |
| 16 | This is how we love to express our dextrous craftsmanship . |
| 17 | Do this is how we have to add up fractions . |
| 18 | Tottenham , it must be said , also had key players absent but what must be disturbing is how they failed to raise their game until a double substitution in the 70th minute . |
| 19 | This is how they came to arrive in Durham in May , 1849 . |
| 20 | Even more amazing is how they managed to arrive at just the right place , and at just the right day and hour required , when not even Charles himself knew where he and his men would be . |
| 21 | THE FIRST thing you notice about The Wishplants is how they make performing on stage look so good and so damn easy . |
| 22 | In fact , they all look like they should be in different bands — which is how they manage to slip from soul to jazz , from funk to thrash , so easily . |
| 23 | Which is how she came to find herself in such an embarrassing position . |
| 24 | This is how I came to know and subscribe to CD REVIEW whose cover-mounted CDs have been excellent . |
| 25 | I took the best I could , and this is how I 've made use of them . ’ |
| 26 | This is how I 've bought mince . |
| 27 | That is what I am concerned with , and that is how I have measured the application . |
| 28 | And that is how I have got along for the last sixty six years . |
| 29 | And this is how you 've got to where you are . |
| 30 | It was time to move on to the offensive : ‘ What I 'd like to know is how you managed to see Newley in Primrose Hill at six o'clock . ’ |