Example sentences of "how [adj] [pron] be of " in BNC.
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| 1 | I failed to see how tolerant he was of me , with my callow questioning of everything : I flinched under the coldness of his eye , yet did not perceive his isolation . |
| 2 | Fergus had divined how afraid she was of the doll-mask and had dealt with it in his own way , daring her to let it all hang out , quoting Yeats at her in his Irish voice . |
| 3 | At first I thought how generous it was of Émile to bother about Jean-Claude at all . |
| 4 | You do n't realize how fond she is of you . |
| 5 | ‘ I know how fond you are of your uncle , but even you must see what would happen if he was left holding the reins . ’ |
| 6 | I 'm very sorry about your cat , about Melusina , I know how fond you were of her , but giving you compensation is out of the question . |
| 7 | How typical it is of British government that the barrage dream should be allowed to dribble on and then left to fizzle out . |
| 8 | I remember thinking how typical it was of her that she never thought of being wooed . |
| 9 | How typical it was of Luke to make his position so crystal-clear , drawing the line almost brutally in his determination that she should n't make any personal conclusions from his offer . |
| 10 | However , erotic symbols and fantasies are socially constructed and alterable , and by examining how conscious we are of how and why we suppress or express desire , we will be able to establish how fixed our impulses and fantasies are . |
| 11 | Then you will also know how stupid it was of you to attempt to deceive us . ’ |
| 12 | And if p is false then no matter how sure I am of p I do not know it . |
| 13 | How sure he was of himself , she thought bitterly . |
| 14 | ‘ How sure you are of everything . |
| 15 | He smiled slowly , then drawled , ‘ You ca n't imagine how jealous I was of him . |
| 16 | Quite how independent they were of other craftsmen , particularly in the temples , is impossible to judge , but the fact that many objects — and especially the cult objects — required the shared expertise of several different crafts implies collaboration . |
| 17 | The whole kaleidoscope is there in the memory : how proud we were of our daughter Sara 's acting ability , at junior school , at senior and at college ; and of our younger , very shy son , who managed a one-line walk-on part the last year in junior school , but wrote , acted in , sang in and played for a satirical revue at University . |
| 18 | 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 . |
| 19 | On the wall , the new star mounted a photograph of Gene Kelly , who came to see him and told him how proud he was of his performance , and painted on the door were the words ‘ Ginger Crawford ’ . |
| 20 | She had always told him how proud she was of him , that he should work so hard to support his son in a far-off country and how one day she would tell Oreste it was due to his father 's efforts that he had been so well looked after . |
| 21 | She gave me the names of all her friends and said how proud she was of the life her father had given her . |
| 22 | That reminds me , ’ she added , ‘ I wanted to say how kind it is of you and your mother to arrange this Easter holiday for us . ’ |
| 23 | He could not help feeling how kind it was of a fellow human being to accord him such deference , that the speaker must have a particularly sweet and generous nature , must love and honour him , and he had to struggle against this , he had to resist cravenly agreeing with whatever was said that preceded that ‘ sir ’ . |
| 24 | Naturally she had not wanted to go out with him , but both her mother and father stressed how nice it was of him to take such an interest in the fact that she was going off to university and wanted to take her to the pictures as a treat . |
| 25 | When he used to chase his tail and I remember I was walking I was walking round the shops with him and there 's this big alsatian and Roly was giving it cos you know how scared he was of dogs it was barking at him ! |
| 26 | ‘ Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother has asked me to tell you how appreciative she is of your splendid BBC TV programme last Friday evening … knows what trouble you went to in the very limited time at your disposal … your wonderfully successful endeavour clear for all to see ’ , etc. , etc . |
| 27 | But I wonder how aware you are of your breathing pattern the rest of the time . |
| 28 | ‘ Righty ho , ’ I replied , for it never does to show these people how frightened you are of them , ‘ do come in . ’ |