Example sentences of "[verb] how [pers pn] [verb] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.

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1 ‘ Did you think I had forgotten how you smuggled that message out of Tracy , forcing me to lose almost everything ?
2 Now I do n't know how they managed this dear because she was coming round in the day with little Donna with her and I was around and there you are you see .
3 and I found two pairs of Michelle 's knickers after that , I did n't know what , now I do n't know how they manage this year because , she was coming round in the day with little Donna with her and I was around , there you are , you see , these , they , they will love and find a way , anyway , erm , I said dear look , a woman needs a man to support her I said mark my words when the chap that she 's got at the moment is taken her out to disco 's and things , she 'll find that he does n't really want to kick in and help to support her .
4 You do n't really know how he had this information .
5 He 's very insecure I do n't know how he got that way .
6 A poll that would satisfy the aesthetic sense of a professional statistician would , for example , always ask any Do n't Know how he voted last time , and collate this information into the poll .
7 I do n't know how you spell that word suc
8 I do n't know how you get any enjoyment out of doing that .
9 I do n't know how you sleep all night with all that traffic going up and down .
10 On Friday , Paula , whose writing emphasises the sound of language , demonstrated how she uses electronic technology to project and enhance her voice during the performance of her work .
11 Barfield describes how he read this sentence , slapped down the book and shouted : ‘ I do n't believe it !
12 Right , could you manage to remember how you got that skill , or that knowledge , okay .
13 ‘ Let's watch how they play this hole . ’
14 I can still feel how I felt that day , nearly fifty years ago .
15 He told how he saw 2 cars going up the road and had a strong feeling there would be an accident .
16 Yellow Wolf told how he found one tipi containing two women shot dead , one still clasping her newborn baby with its head smashed as by a gun breech or boot heel .
17 Then News at Ten told how he found 11-year-old Matthew Davies stuck up to his waist in peat on the Brecon Beacons in Wales .
18 Last night Nicola Simms , 21 , from Nutton , Stoke-on-Trent , told how she endured five weeks under the regime .
19 I 've seen how they recruit young girls .
20 ‘ I 'm interested to hear how you define that difference .
21 In ‘ Controlling an epidemic ’ Brookbanks & Hampstead describe how they contacted intravenous drug users and their contacts to help stop the spread of an outbreak , and WHO recommend that all health care workers receive vaccination against hepatitis B.
22 Let's see how we knit double jacquard in just two colours .
23 ‘ Come on , let's see how you justify that accusation .
24 She ca n't remember how she spent that day but has a vague memory of being like a wild animal howling through the house , tears pouring down her face , drinking brandy , tearing at her clothes , pulling his clothes out of the wardrobe and holding them close to her , burying her face in them , trying to recover the smell of him .
25 But perhaps you do n't remember how he hated that life , and what a state it got him into .
26 Can you remember how you chose that subject ?
27 Do n't you remember how I stilled that storm ?
28 D' ya remember how I got that box where you could lay them in separately ?
29 Sometimes I get like I ca n't remember how I got some place .
30 As the sun begins to rise she glances out of the window and recalls how she chose this film from all the offers which came pouring in after success on the small screen and on record .
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