But how can we get to that part of the Munchkin Country where you once lived without passing through the Emerald City?
She shall choose between us, as we have agreed," the Tin Woodman promised; "but how shall we get to the poor girl?
As to the attack upon the baron on the Pont-Neuf, there could be no doubt that it was instigated by the Duke of Vallombreuse; but how to prove it?
But how in the world are we to get rid of this confounded young sprig of nobility, her self-constituted champion?
But how does it happen that you are here, Chiquita?
It was my duty to interrupt the tete-a- tete: but how was it to be done?
The end of Religion is not to teach us how to die, but how to live; and the earlier you become wise and good, the more of happiness you secure.
The ways must be swept before we can walk in them--but how and by whom shall this be done?
Here was a little more ground to stand on; but how should I ever get at the secret?
But how should a tutor or secretary be in possession of his employer's money?
My feelings towards her had reached that crisis where a declaration was imperative: but how to make it?
On the death of the old people, I suppose there will be more to come; but how it may be restricted or locked up, I don't know.
But how then (Mr Dorrit not unnaturally hinted) could the subject be approached.
It was agreed that the country (another word for the Barnacles and Stiltstalkings) wanted preserving, but how it came to want preserving was not so clear.
Of course he proposed it, but how did it all come about?
But how comes a lone young woman like you to be thinking o' taking such a journey as that?
You're acting with your eyes open, whatever you may do; but how do you know what's been in her mind?
That touch of melancholy came from quite another source, but how was he to know?
It doesn't cost him much to give us our little handful of victual and bit of clothing; but how do we know he cares for us any more than we care for the worms and things in the garden, so as we rear our carrots and onions?
Very well, laddie, when you're at the top of the line, but how about it when you've just taken your place at the tail?
But how am I to interest you in the details of such a career?
But how can we wonder at the want of sense on the part of those who have had no advantages, when we see such plentiful absence of that commodity on the part of those who have had all the advantages?
The men are forthcoming, your goods are advertised, you pay your money, but how much of that goes to the men?
But how is Thrift to benefit those who have nothing?
Show us but how to win the fleece, and come with us, and you shall be my queen, and rule over the rich princes of the Minuai, in Iolcos by the sea.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "but how" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
