Example sentences of "[verb] how [pron] [be] [v-ing] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I want to know how he 's doing in general and where he needs a bit of encouragement . |
| 2 | If you want to know how you 're doing with the other person , you need to ask . |
| 3 | Mr Stokle described how he was screaming as the car 's interior burned . |
| 4 | I do n't know how I 'm going to because I 've got some peculiar colours . |
| 5 | Alright , if an innovation comes onto the market that enables a farmer to increase his output , alright , if that er , innovations that lies , lies outside of erm , sort of orthodox or traditional methods there may be a psychological resistance to actually adopting it simply because we 're a newfangled thing ooh , I , I do n't know how it 's going to , how it 's going to work . |
| 6 | ‘ Do you know how you are looking at me ? ’ he asked fiercely , but as she only shook her head he tilted her face and searched frustratedly for her mouth , crushing her against him . |
| 7 | Foucault describes how we are living in a world of endless insatiable chatter about sex which feeds on the illusion that if we question Sex enough it will reveal its Truths . |
| 8 | 9 The group plans how it is going to work before it starts . |
| 9 | He 's visiting local businesses like this one which makes garden equipment to hear how they 're coping with the drop in orders . |
| 10 | She thought about them a lot , wondering how it was going for them on their first real day on active service ; the first day , she supposed , of the rest of their lives — of the duration , at least . |
| 11 | The statistical approach follows on from the Lorenz curve type information but recognizes that , for example , studying the income share of the bottom 10 per cent does not indicate how they are doing in relation to the mean or median of the distribution . |
| 12 | ( a ) make sure that all the parties and the court understand what the case is about ; ( b ) see if there is any possibility of settling the dispute , and if not , decide how it is going to be heard and how long the hearing will last ; ( c ) decide what documents or other evidence is needed from both sides . ’ |
| 13 | In Andrew Allan 's book of memoirs he relates how he was standing in the lobby of the New York Hotel Algonquin in the summer of 1947 when a man came up to him and said ‘ I 'm Robert Service and I think I recognise you . |
| 14 | But she saw how he was looking at her , his eyes piercing her . |
| 15 | She saw how he was looking at her , his admiration clouded by concern , and looked away quickly . |
| 16 | Then she saw how he was staring at her habit , and looking at the two grooms . |
| 17 | Right , can you tell how you 're intending to er , administer the hundred and fifty thousand pounds home care services ? |
| 18 | When you feel like ‘ beating yourself up ’ , observe how you are acting at the time . |
| 19 | Yeah well there was one main test pilot that 's right and other people like , who used to be an instrument gang as well , well I do know this fella Cyril he was a dental mechanic in Walsall before the war and he came in there and he was an instrument mechanic and he used , he used to go up with the test pilot to actually test the instruments in the other compartments in the plane or cockpits just to see how they were reacting under operational conditions . |
| 20 | The Walshes had been caught in a strange yet powerful trap and it was difficult to see how they were going to be able to break free . |
| 21 | Actually , that sow Sandra only went to see how we were doing in the rat-race compared to her contemporaries . |
| 22 | Jess glanced at Miss Phoebe to see how she was reacting to the bit about niggers . |
| 23 | Ronnie saw 49-year-old Mick in Los Angeles and asked how he was coping with the separation . |
| 24 | Realising how she was staring at him , Isabel quickly looked back at the fire , leaning sideways a little so that her still-damp hair fell forward , partially shielding her face . |
| 25 | She stared at the book-filled wall above the desk , then turned back , seeing how he was looking past her at the same spot . |
| 26 | Some parents need help in identifying how they are reacting to their child and so professional observation of their interaction may be required . |
| 27 | If possible try to frame them in a dramatic way — because this is a further pointer for the children showing how you are going to work together . |
| 28 | See how he 's looking at me ? ’ |
| 29 | Er the delivery part it was more the cluster but the overall delivery allowed me to prepare how I was going to be standing er how to get the audience in contact with me the eye the eye contact and also the way I spoke . |
| 30 | Dexter explained how he was wavering about the list of suspects : one moment thinking it consisted of only a handful of people and then believing almost anyone in the building could have done it . |