Example sentences of "[vb -s] how [pers pn] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No doubt the privies , there were two of them , were much appreciated by the tenants , but one wonders how they managed for the previous two or three years . |
| 2 | In retrospect , one often wonders how they thought they could possibly succeed . |
| 3 | To this day , he wonders how she made out . |
| 4 | One occasionally comes across a man who is almost a recluse and one wonders how he manages to make a living for he does n't seem very interested in doing so . |
| 5 | He wonders how he got it . |
| 6 | A roman coin belonging to the fourth year of the reign of Diocletian , AD 287 , was found on an island in Finlaggan Loch and one wonders how it got there . |
| 7 | ‘ I know that , darling , but one wonders how it happens with such unfailing regularity . ’ |
| 8 | Figure 9.7 illustrates how they feed the east-west flow . |
| 9 | So , basically , as long as your playing sounds good and this is not happening because of sequencing or other electronic jiggery-pokery , who cares how you achieve it ? |
| 10 | Located in a former wool warehouse , the museum highlights how we perceive and use colour . |
| 11 | What a silly question of course it matters how you look up there , yes |
| 12 | The book describes how we live and have always lived , with wars and destruction , therefore of course this book could happen , it is almost like a book of facts about mankind . |
| 13 | Elaine Thompson describes how they work , what they cost and outlines some of the developments for the future . |
| 14 | They are forced to call in the help of the gods , and the first episode describes how they provide a companion and foil . |
| 15 | Alison Berry describes how she cared for a patient with a difficult leg wound in the community |
| 16 | Cherine Woolwich describes how she established and developed her role as an emergency nurse practitioner at St Mary 's Hospital , London |
| 17 | Stephani Cook , writing about her experiences in hospital , describes how when told that she had to have yet another in a series of operations , describes how she cried like a child : |
| 18 | Here he describes how he took the Caribbean by storm |
| 19 | PETE TREVETT describes how he extended his pond and upped his filter power . |
| 20 | Sometimes he would revert to a previous journey to a particular spot and described his personal experiences of several years before as in Vol I , pp. 111–113 when he describes how he had made sketches for plate Nos. 46 , 47 and 49 of Sixty Large Etchings . |
| 21 | Clovis 's letter , which was sent in the aftermath of the battle of " Vouillé " , describes how he had decreed that no one was to harm the Church , those who had entered the religious life , those living with them , or slaves of the Church . |
| 22 | Barfield describes how he read this sentence , slapped down the book and shouted : ‘ I do n't believe it ! |
| 23 | Eventually he found all forms of religion involving ‘ externals ’ and ordinances unsatisfying , and he describes how he became aware of the sufficiency of a personal and inward inspiration ‘ ( as one inspired with a supernatural life ) sprang up farr above my earthly center , into a most heavenly and divine enjoyment ’ . |
| 24 | In the same edition of The Times , their motor correspondent describes how he considered making the return journey from Brighton to Birmingham by rail , but found that he could drive for one quarter the cost of a second-class fare , despite being the sole occupant of a largish estate car . |
| 25 | PETE TREVETT describes how he overcame the problem . |
| 26 | He must have thought there was some likelihood of angels being there , because he describes how he put out his arms in the darkness and made a grab , at thin air as it turned out . |
| 27 | Is it not a ridiculous situation when the motoring correspondent of The Times ( 30 Jan. ) describes how he intended travelling from Brighton to Birmingham by rail , but found that he could drive for one quarter of the price , despite sole occupancy of a largish estate car ? |
| 28 | Pepys , who sailed with Ken in the flagship , describes how he gave ‘ a very good sermon on the duty of subjects to their Prince ’ and how in Tangiers he preached against the vices of the town and later ‘ engaged in very high discourse ’ with the Governor , the infamous Colonel Kirke , about the excessive liberty of swearing . |
| 29 | With somewhat unconvincing ostentation , given Gould 's ignorance of Latin , he describes how he coined the most appropriate name for this unusual species . |
| 30 | It depends how they have to feel it . |