Example sentences of "how [adj] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | I still remember how apprehensive I was . |
| 2 | Then I realized how absurd I was being . |
| 3 | But after I left her , I realized how cruel I had been . |
| 4 | ‘ I ca n't tell you how grateful I 'd be . ’ |
| 5 | Very humbly I said how grateful I was , since I was only a surgeon . |
| 6 | After take-off Beaton surveyed his surroundings : ‘ Silk-lined walls , arm chairs like Pullmans , various compartments for eating , sleeping , smoking — this is the aircraft that took Churchill to America … how grateful I am to be among the lucky ones on the last lap for home . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I shall try to think of some way of showing how grateful I am for your bravery . |
| 8 | I 'm only trying to show you how grateful I am . |
| 9 | In passing , I would like to say how grateful I was for this friendly and sympathetic , as well as informative , advice from the Humanist Association . |
| 10 | To show you how grateful I am to you , I 'm offering to explain how to make it — then you will be able to destroy all your enemies ! ’ |
| 11 | I want to show you how grateful I am for that . ’ |
| 12 | It was one of the reasons why I was anxious to learn English at school : so that I could tell her in her own language how grateful I would always be . ’ |
| 13 | ca n't tell you how grateful I am . " |
| 14 | You do n't know how grateful I am ! |
| 15 | ‘ What I 'm trying to say is how grateful I am , and how miraculous it was , but that 's it . |
| 16 | I should like to say how grateful I was to the kind gentleman who pulled me clear . |
| 17 | I just remember then being thankful my over-clubbing had n't proved costly and how exhausted I was . |
| 18 | I even took some photographs of myself crying so that I could show them to Marcus later and he could see how upset I had been . |
| 19 | after my second week he said I 'd got the gift of the gab or something and I always manage to wind people round my finger and always always get what I want and everything and I always took my way out of shit and I heard this from Matt , you can imagine how upset I was like on my I tell you er I heard about it on the field weekend cos I was here and Matt was here as well and , and I just thought my God I 've been friends with this bloke , we were having baths together when we were like two years old and , and I 've known him all my life and if you ca n't trust him well where does the , where , well you know , who can you trust ? |
| 20 | Now I 've found out how hopeless I am on my own … ’ |
| 21 | The nicest compliment I 'm paid , inside and outside the business , is when people say how professional I am . |
| 22 | I even took its number just to prove how professional I was , not that I had any idea how it could help . |
| 23 | Well , she thought , it wo n't be difficult to judge how right I am , if I pay out a few yards of line for him . |
| 24 | How right I was . |
| 25 | ‘ How right I was , ’ she whispered , ‘ to be afraid of what you could do to me . ’ |
| 26 | West Lothian it 's on the side of a hill , but how hilly I do n't know . |
| 27 | ‘ You might be surprised at how low I 'm prepared to sink . ’ |
| 28 | After the lecture there were tea and refreshments and it was not until fairly late that I rang Emily just to say Hello , and how sorry I was to be too busy to get over to the house to see her this trip . |
| 29 | I wish you and your staff to know how sorry I am that Punch is to be no more . |
| 30 | How sorry I felt for them as I stood with my images of a future of crackling kindling and bringing the pine logs hither and other rustic carry-ons . |