Example sentences of "how [det] [prep] [pers pn] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If we had n't got involved in fighting over Kirsty , we might never have found out how each of us really feels . ’ |
| 2 | We let the following young players go for next to nothing … how much for them now … |
| 3 | The increase in the number of prosecutions did not result , however , in a feeling of sympathy for homosexuals , but rather the feeling , as John Wolfenden expressed it , that ‘ nobody had any idea how much of it there was … but there was an impression that it was increasing ; and there was a feeling that if it was then it ought to be curbed ’ . |
| 4 | Consider the other questions in this section and note how many of them also build tension . |
| 5 | " I do n't know how many of them there are , " said Silver , " but we 're quite a crowd . |
| 6 | In making such a statement , evidently , one is not addressing oneself in thought to any specific individual or group of individuals ; although , as will be shown later ( see Chapter 13 ) , one does by implication say something about the class of man-like things , viz. that every single one of its members , no matter how many of them there are , is as a matter of fact man-like . |
| 7 | He could not tell how many of them there were . |
| 8 | I do n't know how many of them there are . |
| 9 | The different scenarios are there in the past just as they are in the future , and it 's the historian 's job in a way to explain why there are different scenarios , and to give some idea of how many of them there are . |
| 10 | Even before that , I had been recording some of the memories of the older generation of Bishop 's Castle residents , realising how many of them really did ‘ well remember ’ the early part of this century ; much of this material has been used in the ‘ RECALL ’ project at Stone House , whose members have contributed greatly to my understanding of that period . |
| 11 | I think what what what never ceases to amaze me about about people in the flats on benefit , is is how many of them do manage , how many of them never owe a penny . |
| 12 | Now how many of you here have been in situations where you 've been behind a pedal cyclist and you 've been tempted , I 'll not say you 've done it , but you 've been tempted to go past ? |
| 13 | How many people of the , how many of you here today , could actually pay for your home out of your income , if you waited until you have sufficient income to pay for your home in its entirety , the bulk of the people in this room , even though there are , yes , some rich farmers , still could n't afford to have a home . |
| 14 | I mean how many of you out there actually get pleasure from the deaths that occurred ? ? ? |
| 15 | It is a convention in Elizabethan drama that slander is always believed , which can be explained perhaps from the necessities of the limited time available , or is perhaps a truth about life ( how many of us instantly disbelieve bad report ? ) . |
| 16 | How many of us here use soap and water ? |
| 17 | It 's very difficult , because you 're , again , I mean , we 're saying that we do n't get positive feedback , how many of us truthfully give positive feedback through to our staff ? |
| 18 | Yes , but how many of us now , know our lo local policeman . |
| 19 | Yes , how many of us now , yes . |
| 20 | How many of us actually , in our church meeting , look forward to what we want to do ? |