Example sentences of "how it [vb past] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | about this bra top thing she 's got and how it 's got a hole in it and she was trying to think back how it got this hole in it and she remembered that Mark put his fingers through it |
| 2 | This was how it looked two years ago — now there 's more height in the garden , but there 's still a long way to go . |
| 3 | Y'know , try and place a historical context to the work and see how it influenced other works . |
| 4 | ‘ This is how it started last time . ’ |
| 5 | Henry went on to point out the evils of sweated labour and the pay make-up system , how it fostered a disinclination to work and how it encouraged landless men to marry just so that their income would be augmented ‘ in proportion to the number of their children ’ , and how it led to degradation of the character : ‘ The weak , the indolent , and worthless worker is now secure of the maximum payment settled by the standards you have determined from parish funds , and the industrious , skilful and honest workman can expect no more … the pernicious and demoralising practice of paying wages out of rates … ought to be suppressed and prohibited . ’ |