Example sentences of "[vb infin] [Wh adv] [adj] it [vb mod] " in BNC.
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1 | Probably I do n't know how successful it 'll work but if I do n't record conversations |
2 | They do n't know how useful it would be but anyway , they said there , there 's , it 's a slightly odd event because it 's actually going to be just in the Civic Centre , and er , and kind of tacking on some workshops and things , so I 'm going to help her with workshops and have a display stand and so on but other than that , we 've not really got any direct input into it , because it is very much , sort of , you know , this is how you do business in France , these are the financial problems , type of thing . |
3 | but I did n't know how cold it 'll be , but |
4 | You taking depends how old it will be do n't it , do n't know how old it will be . |
5 | ‘ I think you deserve more than a certain amount of punishment for making me wet and nearly giving me a heart-attack — Do you know how difficult it would have been to get an ambulance out here to you ? ’ |
6 | I told myself I could live with the thought of having just a small part of your life and love , but when you put it into words a few moments ago I could see how awful it would have been . |
7 | And yet he could see how different it must have looked in the summer , how it would have appealed to Alex at the beginning of his supposed new start , and to Lesley-Jane in the throes of her first grown-up affair . |
8 | Do n't you remember how good it used to be ? ’ |
9 | Nor did I realize how difficult it would be to face up to going back . |
10 | Only the security chiefs can guess how effective it would be , but large question-marks remain . |
11 | We could , but I du n no how realistic it would be , I mean if there was , oh obviously it 'll more realistic than doing nothing . |
12 | The effect is of a theatre , and the topmost gallery , which it makes every sense in a church to call ‘ the gods ’ , is so close to the ceiling as to make you ask how comfortable it might be up there during mass . |
13 | I used to wonder just what the kestrel was looking at , what it was thinking , and I 'd imagine how wonderful it must be to be suspended in mid-air , looking down on the Earth as it was . |