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 ?
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