Example sentences of "how [verb] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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1 | ( At that time nobody had taught me how to preserve them to keep as specimens . |
2 | some of these countries in Africa though they 've got like compared with the population , they 've got loads of land , compared with somewhere say like , like U K , so if that 's the case , how come they 've got so much surplus labour ? |
3 | A few birds with long beaks were poking around by the water : how come they stay so clean when they 're always delving in the mud ? |
4 | If this is the case , how come they go on so blooming long ! |
5 | It , it w it would have been nice to have asked him , you know , how come they took it ? |
6 | How come they use the horse Sir ? |
7 | How come they use the same box office , I suppose they would would n't they ? |
8 | How come they use this then Cath ? |
9 | " Then how come they do n't make anything for themselves out of all this hard labor ? " inquired the senator politely . |
10 | How come they do n't go ? |
11 | The bloke do n't want to give them back , that 's how come we got involved . |
12 | Well ho is this is E and F , thirty three , thirty five , how come we got point eight five and point nine ? |
13 | If she was at a rave , how come we have n't had anything from the patrol cars about it ? ’ |
14 | How come we have believed what we have seen and seen what we have believed ? |
15 | I was scared because if what Quigley had said to Pikey was true and he really did n't know Mr Marr , how come he had access to his full name and date of birth ? |
16 | IF HE is really so crafty , how come he blundered into Kuwait and gave the Americans a reason to hammer him ? |
17 | ‘ How come he knows about you ? |
18 | How come he has all these fascist qualities in him ? |
19 | Gardner 's script contains other doubtful gems such as , ‘ I keep thinking , how come I 've got kids and I 'm only eighteen years old . |
20 | Copy one disc onto another disc , how come I 've done that ? |
21 | Oi how come I 've still got mine ? |
22 | How come I 've got a yoghurt left then ? |
23 | How come I saw a school bus this morning in half term ? |
24 | no , oh Rick , Rick borrow bikes were n't we ? , so how come I done it ? |
25 | ‘ But how come I felt stretched ? |
26 | How come I got my head his head was here |
27 | How come I get honours in tap then ? |
28 | How come I feel so well when the cancer is so widespread ? |
29 | ‘ How come I did n't get prior warning of a major development in our relationship ? ’ |
30 | And how come there had been a scumnik kid present too in the crowd of possible recruits ? |