Example sentences of "no [noun sg] how [to-vb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She had no idea how to proceed during the ceremony and was relieved that a man had to go first . |
| 2 | If we do n't get divorced , marriages last longer and yet we have no idea how to deal with them . |
| 3 | Captain Dawson 's parents , themselves stricken , had no idea how to deal with their weeping daughter-in-law , and were thankful to leave her to Dorothy . |
| 4 | He had no idea how to deal with the situation . |
| 5 | More than that , she positively hoped it would annoy ; boring , grumpy men like this one deserved to be annoyed ; they had absolutely no idea how to enjoy themselves . |
| 6 | So she has absolutely no idea how to cope with young children . |
| 7 | She had no idea how to cope . |
| 8 | ‘ I had no idea how to cope with it . ’ |
| 9 | Londoners had no idea how to feed , he thought . |
| 10 | She had no idea how to act now , how to face him . |
| 11 | I had no idea how to say it . |
| 12 | A gardening friend tells me that it is possible to grow pineapples from their tops , but I have no idea how to do it . |
| 13 | ‘ For instance , though she can hold a pencil , she has no idea how to colour a picture , she just scribbles all over it . |
| 14 | He had no idea how to shift that root . |
| 15 | Last night I had no idea how to pronounce it and assumed it was pure Quechua . |
| 16 | I have no idea how to behave in the beau monde — is that the right phrase ? " |
| 17 | She had no idea how to go about it but she disliked waking an hour early from her rest and having nothing to do , and she disliked even more the idea that there was some household task or mechanical appliance which might defeat her . |
| 18 | Even then I knew roughly what I was going to try and do though I had no idea how to go about it . |
| 19 | He was already thinking of the creation of a Russian army , but had no idea how to go about it . |
| 20 | But I had no idea how to implement my refusal and , when I began not to eat it was out of apathy and depression , out of a hopelessness concerning myself ( including my body ) , rather than according to a definite plan . |
| 21 | I had no idea how to stop him . |
| 22 | Constance had no idea how to answer . |
| 23 | He had an expensive ‘ bijou ’ residence with fluorescent tubes running under the banisters and a Music Centre with a huge bank of switches and buttons which he had no idea how to use . |
| 24 | He said that he had no idea how to use the catalogues : |
| 25 | Later , to her husband , she said , ‘ It 's pathetic , Tom , she 's no idea how to love and considers herself unlovable . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Young people have no idea how to present themselves — they push and shove . |
| 27 | But I had no idea how to make them so I had to ask my tutor and show him the work . |
| 28 | It is probable that little happened for later , several members collectively complained about ‘ one insufferably lazy and inattentive caddie who has no idea how to make a tee ! ’ |
| 29 | But she had no idea how to make her threat come about . |
| 30 | The embarrassed cast is left posturing and declaiming , all the time frantically signalling to the audience their awareness of how ridiculous it all is , as if to say — we trust you will be benevolent even if we have no idea how to make this stuff funny or interesting . |