Example sentences of "how [adv] she [modal v] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | If Labour won , however , he could not say how long she would continue to suffer , since the practice 's funds would be transferred to the local health authority and some sort of delay-inducing chaos would ensue . |
| 2 | Rain worried how long she would bear the bruises , whether it would still be cold enough in London for her to wear high-necked sweaters when she got back . |
| 3 | Dr Peter Brunt was seeing the Queen Mother this morning , when he would determine how long she would remain in Aberdeen Royal Infirmary . |
| 4 | After a job which had taken up all of her energies , Elaine did n't realise how long she would need to do all the jobs she had been putting off for years . |
| 5 | She did not know how long she would have to carry the child , or when it would be born ; she had no one to ask except Mrs Seager , who was still insistent that they go soon . |
| 6 | Thinking about the bars and wire mesh of her cage , and of how long she would have to be there , he nearly gave up the job there and then . |
| 7 | She wondered how long she would have to keep it up before she could stop convicting herself of hypocrisy . |
| 8 | How long she would have stared into his beautiful cool eyes before he chose to release her she 'd never know , because at that moment the band struck into the opening bars of ‘ If you knew Suzie ’ , demanding her attention as with an exclamation of pleased surprise she half turned to watch them , her mouth curling into a spontaneous smile . |
| 9 | She was not sure how long she had been there , or how long she might have remained , had she not been disturbed . |
| 10 | It was not yet decided how long she should go for . |
| 11 | She recalled that as a young girl she 'd often sucked slowly at a big lollipop to see how long she could make it last . |
| 12 | She was n't sure really how long she could keep it up — since after all , he was most probably here to stay … |
| 13 | She was n't too sure how long she could keep this up . |
| 14 | See how long she can do it for . |
| 15 | It was not until she saw the colour of the light — deep warm gold — that she realised how long she must have been asleep and looked at her watch . |
| 16 | Little did she realise how soon she 'd need to exercise her new skills . |
| 17 | Fenella took a deep breath and I noticed for the first time just how impressively she could breathe . |
| 18 | Poor Madame , I thought , how deeply she must resent my usurping her place . |
| 19 | Telling a man the simple truth could reduce him to a wreck , so that , on the whole , she held her punches and her tongue , knowing how deeply she could wound . |
| 20 | Who could tell how far she would go ? |
| 21 | That Emilia makes the speech suggests that Leapor at this point in her career is uncertain of how far she can press the argument . |
| 22 | Sally lived in a happy whirl marred only by worrying about how far she should go . |
| 23 | It had been so self-evident to Dalgliesh that the squad would need a senior woman detective that he had devoted his energy to choosing the right one , rather than to speculating how well she would fit into the team . |
| 24 | So , to test how well she can see , a baby is shown a plain grey card and a black and white striped one ; the patterned one will grab her attention . |
| 25 | How well she could keep control and use words and manipulate their meanings and score points . |
| 26 | When I see a woman in a long , tight , pencil skirt and high heels tottering down the road , I often wonder how fast she could run if chased . |
| 27 | She had no idea of course how frequently she might bump into Ven in the short while in which she shared his suite . |
| 28 | ‘ Quite honestly , Rosemary , he 's not so good , ’ Leith answered , hating to put any pressure on her friend but not knowing how else she could answer . |
| 29 | He could remember what a flurry Martha Pritchett used to get into when Lady Debrace stopped in for a cup of tea , and how afterwards she would tell them proudly how her ladyship had sat down and chatted as if she were no grander than Nurse Wilks ! |