Example sentences of "how [adj] he is [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So they stand cheerfully by the carriage window revealing in loud voices the personal secrets of the wretched traveller , who winces as he realizes that he has to travel two hundred miles with a carriage full of strangers who know his family history , how prone he is to chills if he wears a damp vest , what he has to do when he arrives at his destination . |
| 2 | It 's quite nice how sensible he is in a way . |
| 3 | ‘ I would like to have seen how brave he is with players like Ron Yates and Norman Hunter about . |
| 4 | The thing about Kennedy is that every time I hear he has done something outrageous I think ‘ Oh God ! ’ , but then I spend a few hours working with him and leave thinking what a good heart he has and how serious he is as a musician . |
| 5 | Otherwise , he 's been happy knocking over inferior opposition and now people wonder how serious he is about the whole thing . |
| 6 | But after ramming their words back down their throats his enormous smile shows how delighted he is to be a golden oldie ! |
| 7 | The absence , however , of any encouraging response from his interlocutors , even the minimal one of backchannel , indicates how unsuccessful he is in giving his advice . |
| 8 | They seemed to be personal constructions arising from his knowledge of Greek or Latin roots , and proving how clever he is with words . |
| 9 | ‘ There is a sick Jewish problem of voting for a black man no matter how unfit he is for the job , ’ he said . |
| 10 | To see how good he is to the people . |
| 11 | That will depend on how good he is on the day . |
| 12 | You 've often said yourself how good he is with her , and he has such a reassuring name . ’ |
| 13 | I saw how protective he is about her , and how could he protect her better than by being married to her . |
| 14 | erm Everybody was so enthusiastic about what they were doing and erm people like David Bellamy , he gets very excited on television programmes but talking to him as we were , you could see how sincere he is about everything that he does and how dedicated to the cause . |
| 15 | As Antony 's speech continues , the reader can easily recognise how gifted he is at speaking in public . |
| 16 | And to women , for goodness sake , talk to the man in your life and say how important he is to you . |
| 17 | Blake says how pleased he is with the firm 's improved performance , acknowledging the considerable efforts and progress it has made . |
| 18 | I just wondered , colleagues if Azil Nadir of Polly Peck fame currently I understand sunbathing in Northern Cyprus would be prepared to say how proud he is to be associated with the Tories of course in saying that I do include Michael Mates , and I just wondered whether or not this watch he sent was in fact a Timex watch . |
| 19 | The Secretary of State has said several times today how proud he is of British Rail 's safety record — a pride which we all share — but that is surely no reason not to look again at the real doubts that have arisen in the past year about manning , the number of hours worked and the quality of some of the new systems of signalling that are being installed . |
| 20 | Apart from how kind he is to me giving me something so easy . |
| 21 | ‘ My son had it from Woolacombe — and you know how thick he is with Benedict Beckenham — that the boy had expected more than a hundred thousand . ’ |
| 22 | Here 's Tony coming for his gustatio , how handsome he is in his reconstructed hat . |
| 23 | She says folk tell how sweet he is on her . |
| 24 | But how eager he is to be rid of you , she thought , how desperate to have you out from under his roof . |