Example sentences of "how it [vb past] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But by tomorrow evening , I think , I shall know what the quality of life is — shall perhaps even have discovered how it killed Summerchild . |
| 2 | The odd thing was , that did n't seem to be how it struck McWhirter . |
| 3 | They were small handmade notes protesting against environmental pollution and complaining about how it endangered health — and they had thrown the security forces into a tizzy . |
| 4 | How it suited Bram Stoker for his Transylvania . |
| 5 | Instead of starting with the birth of Jesus and going on to his ministry , death and resurrection , the first disciples began with the resurrection and showed how it made sense of the rest . |
| 6 | Once the trainer explained how it took time to bring the body up to peak fitness , she stopped trying to keep up and felt better for it . |
| 7 | Evolution evidently took place ; how it took place is unclear ; but , since man has language and other creatures do not , man is , after all , for all practical purposes , " a separate creation " . |
| 8 | This is how it understood Resolution 242 . |
| 9 | ‘ I can see how it got people 's backs up , ’ says Lesley . |
| 10 | We chart each separation and see how it affected child . |
| 11 | and all that sort of thing and how it affected people buying furniture because there was a very high luxury tax |
| 12 | In chapter 5 below , David Howell , his leading backroom boy , describes the work of the Public Sector Research Unit , how it scoured North America for business methods adaptable to Whitehall 's needs and searched for think-tanks to visit . |
| 13 | It was almost as if he had said — ‘ This man is a bit groggy ; let's dispose of him ! ’ that is how it appeared tome at the time , too . |
| 14 | This artificiality led to the zoom shot 's falling out of favour for all but occasional use ( how it helped Superman to fly will be discussed later on ) . |
| 15 | How it proved people had to be saved financially before you could save their souls . |