Example sentences of "how [verb] [pos pn] [noun] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | how did her husband die did you say ? |
| 2 | How did our seers fare ? |
| 3 | There is , perhaps , especially strong confirmation that the verb and adjective properties are immediately bound together in the fact that there is no coherent way to question either the adjective or the verb alone while leaving the other in place ; we can not , for example , have : ( 24 ) what should I do to the string longer ? ( 25 ) how did his sister set the owl ? |
| 4 | ‘ Tell me , Biddy , how did my sister die ? ’ |
| 5 | ‘ How did my sister die . |
| 6 | But how did my father calculate the exact timing , or was he just lucky ? |
| 7 | I am — how did my neighbours describe me ? — a reserved man who is devoted to his family , with a passion for music . |
| 8 | How did your wife respond to all this ? |
| 9 | So how did your work experience go today ? |
| 10 | ‘ How did your dad get killed , by the way ? |
| 11 | How did your wallet get into this house ? |
| 12 | And how did your involvement begin ? |
| 13 | ‘ How did your house get so radioactive ? |
| 14 | How did your lesson go ? |
| 15 | goes how did your party go ? |
| 16 | ‘ How did your father die ? ’ |
| 17 | Now , how did your family cope with your mother being sort of politically active , what did you how did you manage ? |
| 18 | Why How did your brothers manage to do the same job as he did ? |
| 19 | How did your husband get for ? |
| 20 | How did your lot find out ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ How did your appeal go ? ’ a colleague asked later . |
| 22 | How do its denizens sleep at night ? |
| 23 | Secondly , how do their watches compare as the train slows down ? ’ |
| 24 | He surveyed her silent face , then suddenly he asked , changing the subject unexpectedly , in that way he sometimes did , ‘ So , how do your family feel about you working for me ? ’ |
| 25 | And how do your children respond when you say that ? |
| 26 | You should also look beyond the immediate boundaries and ask ‘ How do my actions affect other parts of ICI ? ’ — the ‘ knock on ’ effects . |
| 27 | I used to be able to do it , I forgot how do my fingers go now . |
| 28 | ‘ How do my nasturtiums look ? |
| 29 | How does their experience affect their educational opportunities ? |
| 30 | The general questions which all these researchers address are : how are text built up , and how does their structure determine what a reader is able to comprehend and recall ? |