Example sentences of "but [pers pn] [verb] how " in BNC.
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| 1 | But I meant how did you get word down to Blair Gowrie ? |
| 2 | It was my rest day but I knew how many aircraft had taken off , and as the sky lightened with the early summer dawn , we waited tensely in Hut 4 for them to return . |
| 3 | I 'd never read it but I knew how much I could have sold it for . |
| 4 | But I says how can they make money now , how can they make money out of that ? |
| 5 | trying to get through the , he says oh them people have left here , now you 'll have to , and he gives us another two numbers and that , I got through on one of the numbers and then er , I asked I says oh I says I did n't get me photograph and me plastic wallet , he says well you do n't really need them you know when you retired , but I says how can you go on the train , you sure of that ? |
| 6 | In my opinion , working to ensure that your family is well fed is good religion but I remember how careful Dad was about his Good Friday movements . |
| 7 | What she told me about vegetable growing meant very little to me , so I can barely recall now what was said , except that she would let me have some strawberries on Monday for my brother 's supper , but I remember how easily the talk went , my unexpected visit serenely taken for granted , with no query as to why I had come . |
| 8 | Her head was bobbing up and down now , and Peggy , smiling wanly , nodded in return , saying , ‘ Well , I ca n't remember what you did in those early years , Gran , but I remember how you used to bounce me on your knees in time with ‘ To ride a cock horse to Banbury Cross ’ . ’ |
| 9 | but I mean how about little Mel , would n't pick him up |
| 10 | because I , the doctors I work for they have opted out , they are what they call it fund holding , they 've got their own budget , they 've got a , they 've got a practice manager and its run as a business and they look at every thing and any profits that they get are ploughed back into the G P's surgery and er , and they improve the surgery facilities for the patience , and it will be a better service , but I mean how can Labour come in and then say right you 're not doing that , how can they undo it |
| 11 | Yes but I mean how you say if they 'd played their cards right , but are you saying just go down there and say to him ‘ get off ? ’ |
| 12 | ‘ But I know how to get it back . |
| 13 | This is going to upset me , but I know how to deal with it . |
| 14 | But I know how many of my generation hated learning by heart . |
| 15 | But I know how Olivetti must feel . |
| 16 | Constanza is handling it lightly , but I know how shaken she must be by losing the ring . |
| 17 | No , but I know how many miles I know how many miles it is to Leeds and back . |
| 18 | But I know how you must feel . |
| 19 | ‘ But I know how to make it better , too . |
| 20 | but I know how |
| 21 | But I learned how to , over the years . |
| 22 | But I remembered how cruel children can be to small animals , and I did not want the boy to take his revenge on me . |
| 23 | But I wonder how long the honeymoon will last ? |
| 24 | But I wonder how aware you are of your breathing pattern the rest of the time . |
| 25 | This may all seem trivial , but I wonder how many fishkeepers have possibly given up the hobby at an early stage because they were unaware their fish were dying from nothing more sinister than overfeeding with resultant ammonia/nitrite stress — and nobody told them . |
| 26 | I will have to take your word for it that they are a pair — but I wonder how you are so sure , as it is n't all that easy to sex these fish . |
| 27 | ‘ Yes it is , my love , but I wonder how long it 'll last ? |
| 28 | A notice requesting people to take their litter with them had been placed , but I wonder how long the shelters will remain neat and tidy . |
| 29 | In my professional work , I repeatedly have conversations with educated clients — especially male clients — which go something like this : " Yes , yes — you 've told me what you think , and what you did , but I wonder how you felt ? " |
| 30 | Many Bristol graduates will have been taught music by Professor Ray Warren but I wonder how many have been taught mathematics by him ? |