Example sentences of "how [vb past] [pers pn] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Ronni was still fizzing with indignation — how dared he make fun of her ? — when , sure enough , a car arrived at the front door , laden with dishes dovered in tin foil . |
| 2 | How did they manage separation when the children were very young ? |
| 3 | ‘ Now I wonder how did they get word so soon ? |
| 4 | ‘ How did they get hold of this so damned fast ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ How did they get hold of that ? ’ said Garvin . |
| 6 | How did he get hold of it ? ’ |
| 7 | Makes me laugh , how did he get hold of a saw through the wall or the bars , they 've got beautiful workshops , everything they could wish for . |
| 8 | Er Teddy Roosevelt leads a charge of horses up hill , up hill , into the mouth of the Spanish guns smart guy , smart move how did he become president after doing something as fatuous as this ? |
| 9 | And how did she eat spaghetti through a beak ? |
| 10 | And how did she put salt round ? |
| 11 | Mr how did you gain entry to the flat ? |
| 12 | How did you see nationalization being put into effect ? |
| 13 | How did you apply pressure to a man you could not even find ? |
| 14 | But how did you get water in that , that area ? |
| 15 | How did you get word to them at that day ? |
| 16 | But I meant how did you get word down to Blair Gowrie ? |
| 17 | ‘ How did you get hold of them ? ’ he asked in disbelief . |
| 18 | ‘ Oh , by the way — how did you get hold of my ring to show Miss Harker ? ’ |
| 19 | And how did you get hold of an officer 's pistol ? ’ |
| 20 | Who , how did you get hold of him ? |
| 21 | Zuwaya used it to evoke absence of government , freedom ; but any anthropologist would feel inclined to explore the unstated aspects of this way of life , not brought to prominence in contemporary discussion because they were not much use in argument : ‘ In the old days you had no government , but how did you keep peace and order — who settled quarrels ? who punished thieves and rapists ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Now how did I get hold of Breeze ? |
| 23 | How had he got hold of that name ? |