Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [pers pn] [vb past] [verb] this [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I should perhaps say a little about how I came to think this way : that the key to educational change is in the stance that teachers individually and collectively adopt towards change . |
| 2 | He became particularly interested in how they managed to combine this well-organized and criminal activity with an image of themselves as law-abiding citizens . |
| 3 | She bent over to show me how they tried to eat this dust . |
| 4 | I asked Roger how he managed to establish this kind of control , to reproduce with twenty or more disruptive pupils the semblance of a ‘ model ’ lesson . |
| 5 | I asked John how he planned to do this shot and he said , ‘ Simple . |
| 6 | He did not tell her how he had performed this miracle , nor did she ask . |
| 7 | Here the paraphrase would be " how he longed to see this sunlight once before he died ! " , but the fact remains that the person designated by he in this example is felt as not yet having attained the realization of " seeing the sunlight once more " , i.e. as being before this event in time . |
| 8 | TV viewers , astute ones , will notice when Norman first hoves on to the screen that his swing is very upright , which is how he started playing this game . |
| 9 | In order to make the radio series , over 30 interviews were recorded exclusively , although only 5% could be used in the finished production , which is why I decided to produce this book , which will prove to be an excellent documentation on the life of David Bowie — an insight into this enigma of the rock world — told by those who really know . |
| 10 | That 's why I wanted to do this movie . ’ |
| 11 | That 's why I wanted to do this movie . ’ |
| 12 | This was why she 'd chosen this profession . |
| 13 | Indeed , one of the reasons why she had liked this house was because it was near St Basil 's which appeared to be a ‘ suitable ’ church for her . |
| 14 | She was still not sure why she had made this arrangement . |
| 15 | He was unable to imagine what she was after , why she had chosen this way out , why she seemed so bloody cheerful . |
| 16 | wondering why they chose to walk this way quietly |
| 17 | David Tindle had recently returned from a visit to Paris where he had seen this painting for the first time . |
| 18 | Why he needed to choose this moment to pass the time of day with all and sundry and — good grief ! — take a wad of notes from his back pocket and count them out with infuriating slowness — was anybody 's guess . |
| 19 | In his introduction , Tony Greenbank gives an honest personal account of the reasons why he decided to produce this book . |