Example sentences of "how [adj] [pers pn] [was/were] [prep] " 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 | Many Japanese failed to appreciate the background of Western social customs or realize how ill-suited they were to Japan . |
| 3 | Isabella had sought the removal of the Despensers , which had been achieved , yet Edward 's whole reign had shown how resilient he was in these circumstances , and recent years had demonstrated the extent of his power and the ferocity of his vengeance . |
| 4 | She must not say no , must not reveal how absurd it was to ‘ take ’ tea in a ‘ drawing ’ room . |
| 5 | I ca n't begin to say how supportive she was at that time . ’ |
| 6 | He used the pause to say how grateful he was to my aunt for deciding to take his case . |
| 7 | In passing , I would like to say how grateful I was for this friendly and sympathetic , as well as informative , advice from the Humanist Association . |
| 8 | I should like to say how grateful I was to the kind gentleman who pulled me clear . |
| 9 | 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 |
| 10 | She wanted to show how grateful she was for this second chance . |
| 11 | Did they suspect how mixed-up she was in her feelings for Robert ? |
| 12 | 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 . |
| 13 | I can understand how upset you were after expecting to make your home with her . |
| 14 | after my second week he said I 'd got the gift of the gab or something and I always manage to wind people round my finger and always always get what I want and everything and I always took my way out of shit and I heard this from Matt , you can imagine how upset I was like on my I tell you er I heard about it on the field weekend cos I was here and Matt was here as well and , and I just thought my God I 've been friends with this bloke , we were having baths together when we were like two years old and , and I 've known him all my life and if you ca n't trust him well where does the , where , well you know , who can you trust ? |
| 15 | He could see how hopeless it was for her . |
| 16 | At that moment , for all his professionalism , he had no idea how right he was to be . |
| 17 | We 'd been saying how awful it was , how sorry we were for Connie . |
| 18 | I heard him say to Dad how sorry he was about Sister Hannah and how he 'd have liked to have seen her before she was screwed down . |
| 19 | He could tell her face to face how sorry he was for the incident of the previous night . |
| 20 | After the lecture there were tea and refreshments and it was not until fairly late that I rang Emily just to say Hello , and how sorry I was to be too busy to get over to the house to see her this trip . |
| 21 | I wanted to tell you how sorry I was about Sybil Vane . |
| 22 | 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 . |
| 23 | Dot thought how strange it was to be able to recognize a person 's dog even when the person was n't there , and then to know the dog 's name . |
| 24 | She remembered the bride of one year , alight with the happiness of those early celebrations when the Grand Duke had granted the first liberties , and thought how strange it was for an English woman to be so mad with joy . |
| 25 | ‘ People still write about how strange it was for me to be with someone like Catherine , ’ he says . |
| 26 | ‘ I was hoping you would show me how friendly we were by coming to get me . ’ |
| 27 | The noise swelled again , now enlarged by people gabbling about how exciting it was at Fif 's , and was n't that gorgeous man the famous Gharr , and who was the sexy little cat-person with him , and so on . |
| 28 | 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 . |
| 29 | He gets annoyed if I say anything about it , but that does n't stop him going on about how slim I was at 17 when we first met . |
| 30 | 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 . |