Example sentences of "how [det] [noun pl] [pers pn] had " in BNC.
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| 1 | And to encourage people to work they would make them fill in a job-sheet saying how many forms they had booked in . |
| 2 | He had little idea as to how far they had come and had lost count of how many times they had fallen . |
| 3 | I would sing to myself , perfectly content to be alone in my own dream world , imagining myself on television receiving an award for beating a world record and I would see my name and picture in the ‘ Guinness Book of Records ’ on the high bookshelf in my brother 's room where I could not reach it , and yet , through all those mornings of endless riding round the yard , I never once counted just how many times I had ridden around to see if I had beaten the previous morning 's record , so sure was my conviction of success ! |
| 4 | Masklin wondered how many times it had industriously cleaned this corridor , while it waited for nomes to come back … . |
| 5 | Even so , it was not sure how many times he had tried it . |
| 6 | How many times she had felt a lift of excitement when she saw that sign and knew that Riverstown was only ten minutes away . |
| 7 | As they had passed by Du Cane Road , where the entrance to Wormwood Scrubs prison was , she had been reminded of how many times she had been there , visiting either her husband or one of the older boys . |
| 8 | He asked how many eggcups she had and what colour they was |
| 9 | He was beginning to find that he enjoyed the big offworlder 's company , and it was amazing how many things they had in common . |
| 10 | She wondered again how many offences she had committed since failing to go to the police in Paris . |
| 11 | Mr Johnson recorded an open verdict because it was not clear whether Mr Venables took the ecstasy himself , whether it had been placed in his drink or how many tablets he had taken . |
| 12 | The nurses here wrote down every day on Stephen 's chart how many hours he had cried , but neither Sloan nor Dr Turner turned a hair when they looked at that on the chart ; all they cared about was the weight curve . |
| 13 | I first talked about the war with my father on a train outside Bognor Regis , when I asked him how many Germans he had killed . |
| 14 | Vic tried to argue that it did n't make any difference how many toilets you had , it was the number of times you flushed them that mattered , but his father was convinced that having so many toilets was an incitement to unnecessary peeing , therefore to excessive flushing . |
| 15 | I ca nt remember how many headers we had throughout the night which just did nt have the power , and hence slid harmlessly past either post . |
| 16 | Nobody was quite sure how many degrees he had started and not finished , not even Boris , but he had been at the place so long he could remember when they used to spell it Freshmen 's Fair . |
| 17 | Accounts differ as to who was present and how many vehicles they had , so what follows is an approximation of what actually happened . |
| 18 | The 1909 Royal Commission on the Poor Laws found that for widows the first recommendation of 1871 was generally observed , some Boards of Guardians going further and insisting that the widow maintain two children by herself before any relief was given , while others refused relief to healthy able-bodied widows no matter how many children they had . |
| 19 | The might before in the hotel lounge , with his wife , Lonnie , beside him , bemusedly aghast , he grilled a pleasant waitress until he knew how many tips she got each week , how many children she had , the frequency of men hitting on her and the general contour of her reality . |
| 20 | You would mark down how many children she had and her circumstances . |
| 21 | Some of it was Australian , some , and then you had the English , you see , as well , but they was all allocated out to so much you a week , how many books you had , how many customers you 'd got . |
| 22 | Then , I do n't know how many years we had down the street , but we moved when I was about six years old up the street near the church . |
| 23 | She had commented on its goodness to Clare , who guessed at how many years it had lain fallow ; five — six ? |
| 24 | By the end of the " thirties , Aunt Tossie wondered for how many years she had been paying for interesting yearlings , and with very uninteresting results . |
| 25 | She began to count how many guests they had to invite : members of the immediate family , of course , all their old friends and neighbours … . |
| 26 | Why should it matter how many photos you had ? |
| 27 | His voice was slurred and she wondered just how many brandies he had had tonight to cure him of his frustration . |
| 28 | Charsky , who had no idea how many nights he had spent on the face , tried to keep himself awake by recalling all he knew of Russian history , from the founding of Kiev Rus to the death of Stalin and the suppression of Hungary . |
| 29 | And as my ribs heaved agonizingly and my leg muscles protested , I tried to work out just how many miles we had run . |
| 30 | A recent survey in West Surrey and North East Hampshire asked district nurses how many clients they had with ulcerated limbs ; the number of times they visited each patient ; and the types of treatment given for a specific month . |