Example sentences of "[that] [pers pn] [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 | It was with satisfaction that she noted how Bob Lamb 's eyes continually strayed to Martha . |
| 22 | It was n't that she cared how she looked , she told herself . |
| 23 | It was then that she reflected how complicated a process it was , this travelling by tube . |
| 24 | She told herself , now again , that she knew how to handle Papa . |
| 25 | At this point Suor Eusebia intervened and told them that she knew how to open it . |
| 26 | After all that had happened she was still unable to betray Peter — in fact , it was because of all that had happened that she felt she could n't be the one to give away the details of his difficulties , especially not to Marc , now that she knew how things stood between them both . |
| 27 | Now that she knew how despicable Robert Sheldrake was , she would fight him with every method at her disposal . |
| 28 | Both Victoria and Albert were delighted with the Emperor 's charm and amiability , but above all they were captivated by Eugènie ‘ the dear , sweet Empress ’ , though the Queen confided to the Emperor that she realized how difficult her role must be for someone who had not been brought up to it . |
| 29 | It was not until she reached the age of specialization that she realized how well she had succeeded , although she had had her suspicions : but at the age of fifteen , at the moment of choice , the moment from which the Arts stretched away in one direction and the Sciences in another , never to meet again , she realized that Mrs Hill and Miss Haines had actually been fighting over her . |
| 30 | It was only when The Sun newspaper displayed it on a girl in a highly provocative pose that she realized how easily the purity of the image could be sullied . |