Example sentences of "how many [noun pl] [verb] [pos pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How many times had my heart sunk when I asked if we could go somewhere or try something new in our poems and he had answered with the excusing phrase ‘ I guess not ’ ? |
| 2 | How many planets has our sun got that we know about because there might be some we do n't know . |
| 3 | How many customers did your dad have ? |
| 4 | It 's extraordinary how many businesses man their front lines with speaking voices that fail to give the customer or client any sense of status ( see Chapter Nine ) . |
| 5 | How many birds did my true love send to me on the twelfth day of Christmas ? |
| 6 | How many insects does your spider feed on each day ? |
| 7 | ‘ How many children has your wife ? ’ |
| 8 | Not that Paracelsus always found the right ones : One wonders how many unfortunates owed their demise to his prescription of mercury to clarify the spleen . |
| 9 | SIR — I wonder how many readers share your near-reverence for Nelson Mandela ( editorial , April 7 ) ? |
| 10 | ‘ How many gallons does your pond hold ? in I asked . |