Example sentences of "how [det] [pron] [verb] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The man was toying with him and treating him with contempt , by showing just how little he rated him as an opponent . |
| 2 | Well that just shows how little She knows me . |
| 3 | said , said that at the moment we 're paying twenty per cent , twenty per cent er Poll Tax erm we 're on about thirty five pound a week , the full grant , that 's how much we get you know if you level it out you know |
| 4 | Now if you see tell her how much we missed her . |
| 5 | I think some of them do , yes , I know s er some of them have said how much they enjoyed it when it started off first , but er but now it 's just got that wee bit more serious . |
| 6 | One company still calls their whole of life protection plan Mastercover , , that 's an idea of how much they copied it Erm , but of course , very quickly things moved on . |
| 7 | I wonder how much they charge me for that |
| 8 | Mm , I 'll go back with him and he 'll wear his bloody shoes when I go back with him , how much they charging you for the repairs ? |
| 9 | Oh it er oh it used to take it all depends how much they gave her to do you see . |
| 10 | If somebody keeps on going abo on about how much they love you , if somebody keeps on going on about they care for you and how much they 'd like you to enjoy yourself and er all that kind of thing and you subsequently feel hurt , upset , abused and need to go to casualty , that 's probably a lot more difficult to understand because it does n't fit the script . |
| 11 | Do you remember how much they paid you ? |
| 12 | Do you remember how much they paid you ? |
| 13 | How much they expect you |
| 14 | Okay you start off by finding out from the person how much they think they need . |
| 15 | I mean I spoke to Jane the other Sunday and I , I said to her you know , just be honest , I said I do n't care what you said , but just be honest and tell me how much you think I weigh , cos she does n't know how much I weigh and she thought I weighed about ten stone , I said well stick thirteen pounds on top of that , then you 'll be right , she could n't believe that I , that I weighed that much , so obviously it does n't look that bad and people at work , well they 've noticed that I 've lost weight , but they do n't say how much they think I weigh , so I do n't want come to them to sort of , have a , have a g have a guess of my weight . |
| 16 | Look how much it cost us to go to that bloody restaurant with Chris and Keith |
| 17 | How much it cost you to get over there Tramp ? |
| 18 | What would have happened , she wondered , if she 'd told the woman the truth , that it just might be the end of the world , that she could n't keep going through the days this way , plodding from home to work and back again , with nothing to devote her energies to , nothing to occupy her thoughts — except Nicolo , and how much she despised him ? |
| 19 | I said then all you have to do is tell her how much she hurt you the last time |
| 20 | What had surprised her was how much she enjoyed it . |
| 21 | Why could Rourke not see how much she needed him ? |
| 22 | ‘ So how much she give you , then ? ’ |
| 23 | It surprised Kelly how much she wanted him . |
| 24 | How much she wanted him there , in the bed beside her . |
| 25 | Claudia felt thoroughly let down ; she 'd been so sure he would , at last , be convinced of the truth , and she had n't realised how much she wanted him to think well of her until he had made it all too clear that he still did n't trust her . |
| 26 | He pushed her gently down on to the settee and sat so close to her that she could hardly breathe for fear that she 'd betray how much she wanted him . |
| 27 | He glared down at her for eternal seconds and then his mouth descended and Robyn felt the anger and fire , still there , but focused this time in the searing heat of his kiss , the grip of his embrace , the rough glory as his hands roamed her body , conjuring desire and need out of nowhere , moulding her to him , showing Robyn just how much she wanted him , how much he desired her . |
| 28 | It was her mother 's fiftieth birthday , quite a milestone , and Anne had emphasised how much she wanted it to get there on time . |
| 29 | It was only because they saw how much she wanted it that they were n't telling her . |
| 30 | But she would write and tell him how fine the flower-beds were and how across the road the sea rushed into the golden shore and she would tell him how much she missed him . |