Example sentences of "[adv] the [noun] [vb past] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 Only the porters saw him come in , and they wo n't talk !
2 I prodded with my pole , but somehow the current made it cling , and I found I could n't shake Casey away .
3 It was a standard opening — the kind of play that made no real difference to the final outcome — yet somehow the boy made it seem a challenge .
4 Now the sun made everything sparkle and ( come on , admit it ) the place did have its attractions .
5 Often the tensions made it appear as though there was a ring of invisible men sitting outside the circle of women , a silent audience whose approval we often still needed .
6 Jesus , even the words made him shiver .
7 I mean , how the devil did we let things get this way ? ’
8 Survivors quietly described how families were destroyed , women abused , men castrated ; how the Gestapo made them play their gypsy violins even while they performed their atrocities .
9 Well how the hell did they find out about it then ?
10 How the hell did they get to England ? ’ the Exec Director had asked him on the phone .
11 ‘ But how the hell did he come to join ffeatherstonehaugh 's ? ’
12 How the hell did he get hold of that key if he had n't met his wife ? ’
13 How the hell did he know what I 'd said to Colonel Stok ?
14 How the hell did he know who you are ?
15 ‘ After I got knocked out how the hell did you stop us from being driven on to the rocks ? ’
16 Only how the hell did you stop them ?
17 How the hell did you expect me to feel ?
18 How the hell did you find out ? ’ the Exec Director asked suspiciously .
19 How the hell did you find me ? ’
20 How the hell did you know that ? ’
21 How the hell did you know I was here , Lewis ? ’
22 How the hell did you get planning permission ? ’
23 How the hell did you get involved with them , Pierre ? ’
24 How the hell did you get past security ? ’
25 How the hell did you get here ? ’
26 I have , and I you know , there 's been many a day I 've thought cor I 'm really glad I 'm in , I 'm really glad that I did n't give , giving up day and there 's been days when I thought christ how the hell did you get through that day
27 And I used to load the boot up and bring them and load home like in the boot of my car my Sales Manager said to me the other day , how the hell did you get bright red dust in your boot ?
28 How the hell did it happen ?
29 How the hell did it happen ?
30 " How the hell did it happen ?
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