Example sentences of "how [adj] it [vb past] [been] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The new Emperor had seen how instrumental it had been in holding back the tide of Chaos and wanted to add yet another weapon to mankind 's arsenal . |
| 2 | I 'm sure it was , Patrick grinned as he walked down the corridor and climbed the half-dozen steps from the servants ' quarters up to the hall ; he had seen the look on the butler 's face , and knew how uncomfortable it had been for him . |
| 3 | Big , burly Ernest von Witzendorff sat at the foot of the conning-tower and laughed when he remembered how tough it had been in 1944 when Allied planes with radar covered the Atlantic . |
| 4 | We talked about the possibility of his death , we talked about the possibility of him being permanently brain damaged , we talked about the happiness they had enjoyed together and how important it had been to both of them to find each other . |
| 5 | He stressed first how important it had been to him to get to know Wagner 's philosophy of music and that his own " Dionysiac Philosophy " reflected that debt . |