Example sentences of "[v-ing] [Wh adv] [adj] it [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If you could imagine yourself being without the radio , T. V. , or telephone then you just might come close to imagining how difficult it must have been to spread or hand on the message of Christianity . |
| 2 | ‘ She sat there wearing her cat-at-the-cream expression and saying how lovely it would be for all three of us to be together again ! ’ |
| 3 | ‘ This is crucial in determining how useful it will eventually be . ’ |
| 4 | I remember as a young man walking up and down the main street of the 1951 South Bank Exhibition for the sheer pleasure of it , and thinking how marvellous it would be if every town could have a street like this . |
| 5 | His round had been long and arduous , and he was thinking how pleasant it would be to see and tease McAllister and ask her to serve them all some home-made lemonade . |
| 6 | She just lay thinking how wonderful it would be if she could actually make Pete notice her . |
| 7 | ‘ I 'm just coming , ’ called Lydia , thinking how amusing it would be to make a big splash and drowning noises , but even she knew that this would not be the action of a nice woman . |
| 8 | I was thinking how funny it would be if I had switched the smoked salmon for ham . |
| 9 | He 'd had Ribena with ice in it himself , and he could remember now , quite distinctly , thinking how horrible it must be for Kate , not to have a father , nor ever to have an occasion like this . |