Example sentences of "how [adj] she be [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I ca n't begin to say how supportive she was at that time . ’ |
| 2 | You know , when she came to visit me when I was in bed a couple of weeks ago she was asking erm how grateful she was to your parents for |
| 3 | She wanted to show how grateful she was for this second chance . |
| 4 | Did they suspect how mixed-up she was in her feelings for Robert ? |
| 5 | Belinda put it down on the nearest table and sat there , shaking and desperately trying not to show how upset she was over Deana 's blunt accusation . |
| 6 | And suddenly she knew how much she longed to see them , to introduce him to them , and to tell them how sorry she was for her wild behaviour over Terry , and for her conceited folly over Havvie . |
| 7 | There was even a certain warmth when he glanced at Thérèse , as though he understood how embarrassed she was by her aunt 's lack of dignity . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | You do n't realize how fond she is of you . |
| 10 | Charlotte letters showed how bored she was by her limited home environment . |
| 11 | While she worked she told Sara how fortunate she was to be going to Portugal and to have been found a husband and how , when she was married , it would be her duty to obey him and remain utterly faithful to him , taking the Blessed Virgin Mary as her model and guide in all things . |
| 12 | Oh we 've been telling her how pretty she is with her hair cut . |
| 13 | ‘ Fame must be such a bore , ’ she quipped , determined to show him how unimpressed she was by the eyelash-fluttering of the women and the hearty handshakes of their escorts as they traded banter and insults with him . |
| 14 | ‘ I do n't care how good she is at her job . |
| 15 | But I 'll never forget how good she was to me all through the war , took so much off my hands when I just could n't cope . |
| 16 | Both may be statements of truth , but they are bad statements because they can make an elderly person feel how unimportant she is in your life , even though you may not mean to convey this . |
| 17 | She was only sorry that she had demonstrated exactly how vulnerable she was to him . |
| 18 | ‘ D' you remember how great she was to us when we were kids ? |
| 19 | No matter how tedious she was in other ways , he had always assumed that it was n't in her nature to be coarse , and certainly she 'd never displayed evidence of the inclination . |
| 20 | Gazing down , Luke thought how beautiful she was despite the tear-stains and the swollen eyelids . |
| 21 | You saw how happy she was about that . |
| 22 | ‘ Delicious , ’ she muttered , realising how hungry she was after the hours spent travelling . |
| 23 | When I went to see Miss Havisham the next day , as she had requested , her house looked darker than ever , and I realized how lonely she was without Estella . |
| 24 | Ronnie had written to me a few months before , saying that she had hesitated to get in touch but wanted me to know how concerned she was about John . |
| 25 | Yesterday , speaking exclusively to TODAY , Mandy revealed how shocked she was by Wyman 's decision to speak about his marriage break-up . |
| 26 | Inside the farmhouse , she showed me some of her furniture and when I saw all the cards around the place and she began to talk about how proud she was about the large number of people who wrote to her , it dawned on me that she must be a bit of a celebrity . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | She gave me the names of all her friends and said how proud she was of the life her father had given her . |
| 29 | She felt the tight leather skirt being wriggled upwards to bare her scorching behind , and when his cool fingers touched her hot flesh she realised just how hot she was for him . |
| 30 | I had n't realised how small she was without them . |