Example sentences of "how [det] he could [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had intended to sweep aside any reservations Kingdom might have about revealing a patient 's secrets by pointing out the overriding importance of finding Heather , but , instead , he had become meek and subdued , as if content to accept Kingdom 's judgement unreservedly on how much or how little he could divulge . |
| 2 | He was surprised how little he could see . |
| 3 | The gleam in the missionary 's eye suggested that Jaq 's account of how much he could perceive — ‘ Even to a glimpse of the Emperor 's beacon ? ’ — and of how he could hide his own spark of phosphorescence , meant that this lad was singularly blessed . |
| 4 | It was all very pleasant , and Cassie began to remember what she had all but forgotten : Just what good company Ben was , and how much he could make her laugh . |
| 5 | Scouring a crumpled bank statement , he worked out how much he could afford and wrote out the cheque on his girlfriend 's back . |
| 6 | However generous Edward wished to be — and his willingness to challenge the Stanleys suggests that he saw Richard 's endowment as a matter of some urgency — there was a limit to how much he could afford to do for his brother . |
| 7 | However generous Edward wished to be — and his willingness to challenge the Stanleys suggests that he saw Richard 's endowment as a matter of some urgency — there was a limit to how much he could afford to do for his brother . |
| 8 | Brian tried to think how much he could recall of his own early years . |
| 9 | And he knew I did n't have to be home for the kids or whatever , he knew my circumstances so well and he knew th exactly how much he could use me you know . |
| 10 | Or so John-William Dallam 's lawyers had made clear to him when he had signed the marriage-contract a week ago , telling him what his allowance was to be , what it was meant to cover , by how much he could overdraw , to whom he would be answerable if his affairs fell into disarray , making it all sound more like an application for employment than a romance . |
| 11 | Then James had to look at a tray containing 20 objects and , when the tray was removed , see how many he could remember . |