Example sentences of "[Wh adv] i win the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But giving up performing also helped them develop personally in other directions : John Lennon acted in a film called How I Won The War ( of best-forgotten quality ) ; George Harrison travelled to India to study the sitar and encounter Eastern religion ; Ringo Starr concentrated on his expanding home and family ; and Paul McCartney wrote some film music and travelled in Africa , though he also felt rather lost ( he tried to think about God , he said , but nothing came ) . |
| 2 | How I Won the War was Lester 's first ‘ serious ’ film , not only an anti-war film but an attack on war films themselves . |
| 3 | Jack Hedley and James Cossins , who had acted his brothers in the play , were now cast in How I Won the War , as was Sheila Hancock , who had played his sister-in-law . |
| 4 | ‘ At about the time we finished making The Knack , ’ said Richard Lester , ‘ I bought the book of How I Won the War , by Patrick Ryan , and started work with Charles Wood on a screenplay , with Michael in mind as the lead . |
| 5 | Crawford described How I Won the War as ‘ a brilliant movie ’ , but reviews were mixed , partly depending on each critic 's political opinions . |
| 6 | ‘ Despite its many flaws of conception and execution , ’ he wrote , ‘ How I Won the War is still the nearest thing to an effective antiwar film that I 've yet seen . |
| 7 | What I remember most about How I Won the War was the difficulty in trying to make the nuances work in other countries . |
| 8 | His story was not used in any British newspapers , but the real backlash came when How I Won the War was screened at the Pavilion Cinema in London 's West End , in October 1967 , exactly twenty-five years after the battle of El Alamein , which saw the war begin to swing in Britain 's favour . |
| 9 | Crawford travelled to San Francisco for two days with director Richard Lester to see a screening of How I Won the War . |
| 10 | He practised day and night , then went to St John 's Wood Studios , in North London , with David Watkin — who filmed The Knack and How I Won the War — to record a screen test in a day . |
| 11 | James Cossins , who had worked with Crawford on stage in The Anniversary and in the film How I Won the War , remembered his guest appearance in Some Mothers Do 'Ave 'Em as a pompous man running a public relations weekend course that Frank attended . |