Example sentences of "how [adj] [pers pn] be [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Boswell amplifies in a way which casts a slightly different glow on the affair : he comments on how striking it was to hear all the aldermen of Aberdeen drinking Johnson's-health with much exclamation of the great man 's name . |
| 2 | How rich it is to hear the Scottish Labour leader impugn the integrity of the SNP when the integrity of Labour Party policies in the last year has been stretched so far as to be invisible . |
| 3 | Later she was to think how little she was prepared for the simple events which were to change her life completely — indeed she would have said that so much had happened to her already that any further incidents must be minor , a judgement which could not have been more faulty . |
| 4 | ‘ My game ? ’ echoed Sally-Anne , her heart suddenly bumping now that he was holding her , acutely aware of how little she was wearing . |
| 5 | She stared down at her dress , blushing as she remembered how little she was wearing beneath it . |
| 6 | Perhaps it was fortunate that he had no inkling of how trying it was going to be . |
| 7 | How refreshing it was to see ordinary , normal-looking dogs after all the fuss and pomposity of the so-called pedigree dogs at Crufts . |
| 8 | The purpose of my writing is to say how refreshing it was to read Nigel Starmer-Smith 's well-balanced view on Wales ' performance in his November ‘ On the Air ’ column . |
| 9 | He noticed how strained she was looking , much older than a week before . |
| 10 | To discover how cost-effective it was to sustain at home people who were judged likely to have been in an institution had it not been for the project 's services . |
| 11 | ‘ We do not have too many Woosnams , ’ said Mr Schofield , ‘ but we do have a lot of Fehertys and Montgomeries and for them to have survived one of the greatest tests is testimony to how strong we are becoming . ’ |
| 12 | I think it has got to stop because apart from anything else it has knock-on consequences for other paediatricians over how strong they are going to feel in dealing with this problem . |
| 13 | When seen the next morning in hospital , Pamela said she had not cared whether she lived or died when she took the overdose , but had hoped that it would show her parents how upset she was feeling about her school work , and that it might also persuade them to change their attitudes to her boyfriend . |
| 14 | A study of Ashton 's ways of using them , or of MacMillan 's , reveal how unnecessary it is to keep passing the arms through 1st position . |
| 15 | But she still did not realize how unnecessary it was to attend such events , and she continued to go to all the scheduled treats . |
| 16 | How pleasant it is to sit on the cliffs of Dover and watch the waves rolling in . |
| 17 | I 've often commented how pleasant it is to serve ch'a from such bowls . |
| 18 | But in the meantime how pleasant it is to find oneself arriving in the evening for the first time in some lively little English market town , where one can forget for a while the noisy onward march of science , and settle down to meditate upon the civilised past . |
| 19 | How pleasant it is to have money , heigh ho ! |
| 20 | More than one of them remarked on how pleasant it was to return to base in the early hours , cold , cramped and tired out , to see our welcoming smiles as they called in at the office on their way down to the Mess , even though they had probably only called in to tear us off a strip for having given them a rotten weather forecast . |
| 21 | And how pleasant it was to have someone to spoil , thought Agnes , running the tap . |
| 22 | Consequently she never stopped bellyaching to Daisy about how all the other Pony Club members had at least three ponies , and how humiliating it was having to hack to meetings when everyone else rolled up either in the latest horse boxes with grooms , or driving Porsches with telephones . |
| 23 | Reacting to the death of a young man in custody , he said : ’ I personally wish to say how abhorrent it is to have to deal with children , because that is what Geoffrey was — a child in a penal setting — and under the conditions in which I have to run Feltham , for want of staff . ’ |
| 24 | Dates for this year were already booked but much work is going on in the background to see how possible it is to reduce the number of reunions and thereby enable members to meet more old friends . |
| 25 | No matter how unpleasant it is to damage another human being , fighting is sometimes still a vital part of self-preservation . |
| 26 | By mixing with remarkable artists in a number of Russian towns , I have come to know how willing they are to hand their works over to the museum free of charge , but not into the custody of the Ministry of Culture . |
| 27 | And it does mean I know exactly how shitty you 're feeling at this moment , and all the horrible fates you 're wishing down on my head . ’ |
| 28 | I can remember doing Bartholomew Fair at the Royal Court Theatre with the NYT and seeing all the scenery and lighting down on the stage at the end of the last performance and thinking how exciting it was to belong to the world of make-believe . |
| 29 | This may take up to 2 or 3 days , depending on the type of soil and how damp it was to start with . |
| 30 | The police say they 're considering charges against the 3 youths , but add that the youths now realise how foolish they were to fire the replica in the street and are deeply sorry for frightening the family . |