Example sentences of "how it [vb past] [adj] " in BNC.
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1 | Peter was saying what er a good do it was how it had all gone well . |
2 | We are already familiar with Hobbes 's fascination with motion , and how it seemed obvious to him that motion was the one basic cause . |
3 | ‘ I ca n't think how it went undetected for so long . ’ |
4 | Leroy Rosenior got the equaliser just before half-time and that 's how it finished 1-1 . |
5 | 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 |
6 | 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 . |
7 | I would sit there for ages trying to figure out how it accomplished this . |
8 | Y'know , try and place a historical context to the work and see how it influenced other works . |
9 | ‘ This is how it started last time . ’ |
10 | 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 . ’ |