Example sentences of "[conj] i [verb] how " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was only towards the end of last year , when the book was going to press and space was tight , that I realised how important a contribution was made not only by my work , but also the work of all the women who had contributed to the Project both nationally and internationally . |
| 2 | It was only when I was in secondary school and took notice of the relationship of children of my age were with their parents and families , that I realised how other people behaved . |
| 3 | It was n't until I 'd bought one and used it that I realised how much it speeded up knitting . |
| 4 | However , it was not until she came round from behind the reception desk that I realised how huge she was . |
| 5 | I think it was then , with his powerful fingers digging like claws into my arm , that I realised how formidable the man was . |
| 6 | ‘ Do you know , Father , it was n't until Whitton was dead that I realised how he had held us in his evil thrall . ’ |
| 7 | I could n't wait to run home and tell my mother that I knew how to mix colours . ’ |
| 8 | It was only six months earlier , when I read his Lyrical Essays , that I realized how essential these Algerian summers are to an understanding of Camus . |
| 9 | It was only long after her death that I realized how much anger lay under my acceptance of that responsibility and how much energy I had used holding that down . |
| 10 | I 'm not sure that I know how to explain it to you . ’ |
| 11 | When he was engaged in writing The Cocktail Party , he was asked how long he would devote himself to the theatre rather than to poetry ; he replied , " Until I can convince people that I know how to write a popular play " . |
| 12 | I 'm well educated and I 've got two children and I can manage pretty well , there 's a number of much more essential things that I know how to do , but I ca n't do those ones , and when they come up I feel like weeping myself sick . " |
| 13 | I 'm er I 'm pretty clear what 's expected of me but not so certain that I know how to make it sufficiently interesting to achieve your undivided attention . |
| 14 | ‘ It 's just that I know how all-controlling you are . |
| 15 | You know , perhaps if you straightened up on the side , or made it a bit more symmetrical , so that I know how to improve it next time . |
| 16 | That I know how but I bought it |
| 17 | I agree that I have been reinforced ( although I 'm not sure that I learnt how to make coffee by operant conditioning — I suspect I copied someone , or was told how to do it — but that is a separate issue ) . |
| 18 | You could say that to me now , now that I understand how much you loved me , now that I have suffered , now that I am a better person . |
| 19 | He seemed so weak that I wondered how long he would live . |
| 20 | In fact , I 'd become so accustomed to relying on her that I wondered how I would . |
| 21 | the , the , Daniel was living , you know , you know better than I do how many years , how many centuries Daniel was living before Jesus ' birth then ? |
| 22 | I 've been in love and fallen out of love so I know how it feels to have been divorced without the formalities . ’ |
| 23 | He says : ‘ People still talk about the shot from Kenny Dalglish that went through my legs at Hampden Park in 1976 when Scotland beat England , so I know how Bobby must have felt . |
| 24 | I played for and captained my country so I know how important it is and I would never stop anybody going . |
| 25 | I was vividly aware of the far reaching and vast contribution that Basil had made to education , to values , to the good influences of the Authority on teachers and children , colleges , schools and students , and I am of the privileged few who were able to work with Basil in the early days of struggles , so I know how much , how very much he did — So I felt that at least he had fulfilled — as nearly as we can ever judge — so much of his life 's work even to the developments in his own personal creative medium — and this must be a comfort to you as well as to us who knew him as a friend and colleague . |
| 26 | When she saw the post of maid in general to Esther Ward advertised , she used all her powers of persuasion to convince Tilly that it would only be for a very short time : ‘ Just so I know how he is … how my daughter Beth is faring . ’ |
| 27 | I worked on farms for a while before I joined my present company , so I know how to handle a tractor ! |
| 28 | I 've seen them three times this season so I know how tough it 's going to be . ’ |
| 29 | I played against Wayne Biggins , who had a tremendous game , so I know how much I 've got to learn to compete at the highest level . |
| 30 | I shall think of you at Christmas , the more so as my own father died one Christmas Eve , and Richard 's wife in the week before Christmas , so I know how it feels to have sadness at that time . |