Example sentences of "how [adv] they would [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They did not know at the beginning of the week how much they would bring home at the end . |
| 2 | She stared at the car lights going by on the ceiling and thought about her Diary and wondered how much they would pay her for it . |
| 3 | He will be able to tell them about the Labour party 's opposition to discounts , but he will not be able to tell them how much they would pay under the Labour party system , because the Labour party will not say . |
| 4 | The major opposition to the poll tax came to the fore only when people realised how much they would have to pay . |
| 5 | At the same time the British leaders , although they soon realized just how much they would have to concede in order to regain American confidence and backing , were largely unshaken in their belief that in Middle Eastern affairs they were the true experts compared with the Americans . |
| 6 | In February 1929 Irwin had written to the Secretary of State of a conversation with Gandhi that ‘ what was interesting ’ was his statement that , if Indians were at liberty to order their own future , ‘ we should be astonished by how much they would desire to leave in our hands through lack of self-confidence ’ . |
| 7 | The overriding anxiety for the employees was what benefits they could claim and how much they would receive . |
| 8 | If these are available , I 'd be grateful if you could tell me where to get hold of them , and how much they 'd cost ? |
| 9 | She remembered how much they 'd cost too . |
| 10 | But these are n't word processors , no matter how much they 'd like you to think so . |
| 11 | Already he was beginning to steal glances at the clock , comparing it needlessly with his own watch , missing bits of the film while he made rapid calculations as to whether he might conceivably be able to see Bridget home , and , when this had become out of the question , as to how long they would have to say good night at the hated corner . |
| 12 | As we 've seen , until the fences were raced over , no-one could do more than guess how stiff they would turn out to be . |
| 13 | The au-pair maid went down to the basement and again started plotting with her friend how soon they would have enough money for the fare home to Zurich . |
| 14 | In any case , he knew who would be in Carrog — the women and children and those unfit for warfare — and he knew how quickly they would remove before him if he went near them . |
| 15 | Her captain , Commander Colin Fearbrache , described the talks as positive , although he would not say when the operations would begin or how often they would take place . |
| 16 | These groups refused to be specific as regards how far they would go in their opposition but , as Peter Shanley of the MEG told Today Tonight ‘ We 're not ruling out any action whatsoever ’ . |
| 17 | Yeah , I do n't know how well they 'd get offended if we |
| 18 | The remains of houses and possessions give an idea of people 's lifestyle , while the remains of their tools can show what work they did , and to some extent how hard they would have had to work to do a particular job . |
| 19 | The peasant rank and file had demonstrated how deeply they were alienated from their masters and how readily they would seize upon civil disorder and weakening of the regime 's authority to rebel against the serf-like conditions of service . |