Example sentences of "how [adv] he [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | No matter how much he wiped at the condensation on the window , he could still barely see what was going on out there . |
| 2 | No matter how long he lived in Paris , or how wild his life was , he retained a love for Eugenia and a sense of family honour that jibed awkwardly with the easy amorality of the crowd . |
| 3 | How long he lay against Mick he did n't know ; he only knew that between the sounds he had been emitting and the wash of tears that seemed to have drained him dry , a voice within him had kept repeating : ‘ She killed your father , Mick ; she killed your father . |
| 4 | In the past I 'd just resented how long he spent in the office . |
| 5 | Perhaps the only thing that kept Dauntless Javelot from perishing of dreariness and despair was the fact that no matter how long he rode through the forest , he never seemed to visit the same place twice . |
| 6 | We do not know how long he stayed in Paris — it could have been as long as a decade . |
| 7 | He could n't cry , he could n't feel ; he did n't know how long he stood outside the door , leaning against the greasy wall . |
| 8 | Nigel Lawson revealed in his memoirs just how close he came to introducing it when he was Chancellor in 1984 . |
| 9 | Coffin and Gabriel ( it was surprising how quickly he thought of them as a couple ) . |
| 10 | I was surprised by how quickly he agreed to the meeting , as though he had some sort of obligation towards me . |
| 11 | He had been so blinded by his need for her light that he had failed to see how deeply he stood in her shadow , and his work had been frustrated thereby . |
| 12 | I note here how eloquently he yields to the muted viola and cello duo at 2'07 ’ , withdrawing his tone to the merest thread of sound , barely grazing the string . |
| 13 | Remember how smoothly he glided from Edward Heath 's hip-pocket to Margaret Thatcher 's handbag and on to Mr Major 's glass of warm beer . |
| 14 | She found herself wondering how often he thought of his lady friend in America , and feeling sorry for a man who could be such fun , but who spent so much of his time working . |
| 15 | It is still wonderful — both how far he moved from it and how he never abandoned it at all . |
| 16 | But such an explanation is surely ridiculous to the modern reader forced to realize how far he stands from an age when mythological explanations were permissible . |
| 17 | Watching her , he became aware of an extraordinary pain at the thought that she could never know how strongly he felt about her . |
| 18 | He never did , of course , and never would , but the fact that the threat had been made showed how strongly he felt on it . |
| 19 | Chapman said it would depend on how well he did on the Saturday . |
| 20 | She had been surprised how hard he worked on the place . |
| 21 | Before , she had understood his choice in a theoretical fashion ; now she was seeing what that choice meant , and how hard he tried for his poor patients , and for such little return other than the simple and offered faith of the poor , suffering girl on the bed . |
| 22 | How firmly he clung to doctrine , and much he feared certain dangers … |