Example sentences of "how [adv] [pers pn] [verb] [vb pp] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Those letters would be bound to point out to Gina how badly she 'd treated him , telling her to reform and to save her marriage if they were religious , or else saying that she deserved it if he got someone else . |
| 2 | His cool irony brought swift colour to her cheeks as she recalled how furiously she had condemned him for doing just that . |
| 3 | Anyone acquainted with ancient ikons will recognise how acutely she has captured their essence . |
| 4 | But had it not been to rid herself of her aura of wealth and privilege which had created her feeling that she was the darling of the gods — although the same gods knew how brutally they had treated her — that she had come to the East End to work , and to live as though she really needed to , and to survive on the pittance which she had earned , without bolting back again to luxury and comfort ? |
| 5 | Before hearing the speech of the hon. Member for Leeds , Central ( Mr. Fatchett ) I was going to say how much we had missed him in Committee . |
| 6 | Better surely to embrace it in the company of those one has loved , and as one slips away , to know from their tears how much they have loved one too . |
| 7 | Once in her life already she had become attached to someone and had allowed herself to be swept down with him in his lonely vortex into the silent depths where nothing moves but drowned sailors coughing seaweed ; only Miriam herself knew how much it had cost her to ascend again from that fascinating , ghostly world towards light and life . |
| 8 | By that time Barbara knew Leo very well , and she guessed how much it had cost him to tell her the whole unsavoury story . |
| 9 | Because we did n't know how long we 've had it . |
| 10 | She had no idea how long it had taken her to cross the river . |
| 11 | ‘ No telephone calls accepted for residents — ’ I wondered how long it had taken him to break the habit of saying ‘ inmates ’ — ‘ during luncheon . ’ |
| 12 | Student asks thirty people , how long it had taken them And you draw a frequency table , which you 've just been doing there . |
| 13 | I ca n't believe how long it 's taken me to get in touch with you . |
| 14 | Do you have any idea how long it 's taken me to find you in this God-forsaken place ? |
| 15 | But if the feeling persists then see your doctor or health visitor and let them know just what you 're feeling and for how long you 've felt it . |
| 16 | But if the feeling persists then see your doctor or health visitor and let them know just what you 're feeling and for how long you 've felt it . |
| 17 | ‘ And as for how long you 've known him , you can hardly expect me to tell you that that makes any difference . |
| 18 | She could n't remember now how long he had held her imprisoned , only that it seemed an eternity of immeasurable time . |
| 19 | It was sudden , ’ he murmured blandly , but she noticed that he did n't comment on how long he 'd known him . |
| 20 | How easily she had let him manipulate the transition . |
| 21 | How easily she 'd tricked him ! |
| 22 | She had driven herself on and on , trying to keep her thoughts painless , trying , without success , to think of anything except how badly Luke had hurt her , how easily he had destroyed her life . |
| 23 | Just consider the idea that fear is a hungry creature that wants to feed off our energy and see how easily it has trained us to provide that nourishment at the push of an idea . |
| 24 | She saw the sudden gleam in his eyes , male and provocative , and realised too late how easy she had made it for him . |
| 25 | She had also been surprised at how easy she had found it to talk to him , about all the private , intimate failures and successes of her life ; fascinated to hear about his problems with the privately owned Wyndham International Banking Corporation , which he had recently taken over from his father . |
| 26 | How deeply she 'd slept she did n't appreciate until she woke to the remote hoot of river traffic , and the sound of a pigeon cooing rhythmically just outside the window . |
| 27 | He had not realized how deeply she had disturbed him . |
| 28 | Now though she stifled that feeling and gave herself up to the joy of being in his arms and hearing how long and how deeply he had loved her . |
| 29 | And without giving him the satisfaction of knowing how deeply he had hurt her . |
| 30 | He remembered how innocently they had discussed which natives they would blow to smithereens and which they would grant a reprieve to . |