Example sentences of "[verb] [Wh adv] we " in BNC.

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1 Two or more of these individual meanings tend , however , to be mixed whenever we use the word .
2 Obviously we can not know the outcome of a new project , so let's consider how we might have proceeded 31 years ago .
3 For example , let us consider how we would set about studying levels of violence in residential establishments for children .
4 First let us consider how we define the Edwardian Era .
5 As soon as we can after the next election , we must consider how we are able to carry out those essential functions if the European union is to be democratically accountable .
6 We will also consider how we can better serve the needs of student members and the use of library and information service to the best effect .
7 The best we could do was to arrange for some of our experienced investigators to spend a few days explaining how we worked , and then to attach our visitors to a particular investigation that was current so that they could experience the practical application of our methods .
8 yes , I know that , but I 'm just explaining how we come to be in Liverpool !
9 Will my right hon. and learned Friend say how we compared internationally in the 1970s and the 1980s ?
10 This example illustrates how we can use different dramatic frames to develop drama from story with this age group .
11 ‘ It is hard to know how we can ever tackle that , ’ one said .
12 We need to know how we feel about the sounds because if a certain accent or tone is anathema to us we often instinctively turn away from it , forget it .
13 It 's important to take time to get to know how we feel about sex , and what gives us pleasure .
14 Now , no doubt your predecessors , and certainly mine , would be astonished to know how we can meet in this way , but I wonder whether they 'd approve ?
15 I recognise that the voluntary sector is increasingly being asked to evaluate its work for its funders , and equally we want to know how we , in I B M , measure up to your expectations .
16 To know how we speak .
17 By the time we are old enough to be surprised at our own cleverness we have forgotten how we acquired it .
18 Following our telephone conversation today I have considered how we might be able to help you identify the companies which will best satisfy your strategic plan for expansion into the UK .
19 In Chapter Five I described how we disguise our motives in conversation through using sub-text .
20 You have to come to a conclusion and Professor er described how we 've had to come to a conclusion .
21 I 'm being allowed onto her ecologically correct territory , and no one there will know how we kissed and almost , as good as , made love … but I will and she will .
22 The lords in parliament , and in the courthouse and the castle , they do not know how we live — they know nothing about us , except that we will die for them , to protect their forts in India and in Scotland ’ — his voice sharpened suddenly , his arm swung round and pointed north and a gust of response rose out of the crowd — ‘ we have always been good at that , their demands can never be satisfied , regiments for the colonies , indentured servants and labourers for the plantations , they have scoured Scotland like a killing wind and the men have been whirled away in the blast of it .
23 We were waiting for Alfred to drop he gun , I do n't know how we knew he had one but we knew , and slowly he took it out of his waist and dropped it .
24 ‘ I do n't know how we did it .
25 ‘ I do n't know how we never heard them , ’ Phillis said .
26 I do n't know how we 're going to arrange it , ’ she said lightly .
27 I do n't know how we will manage Tom and Oliver , Kit has her difficult days , you know , but we will do our best .
28 For the next few weeks they went out one late night after another — ‘ I do n't know how we survived , ’ says Robert .
29 Whatever you think about sliced bread ( for myself , I detest it ) , we all know the expression meant we did n't know how we managed before it existed .
30 ‘ You do n't know how we people of World 's End live , ’ she said quietly , ‘ so perhaps you would do well to stay indoors out of the way of any trouble . ’
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