Example sentences of "how [adj] [pron] have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ You never know how little you have to beat , ’ he once said , a doleful look momentarily clouding his large , countryman features and global eyes . |
| 2 | How little I 've done . |
| 3 | Dalgliesh had n't seen him for more than ten years when he had been a newly appointed inspector in the Metropolitan CID and was surprised to see how little he had changed ; time , marriage , removal from London , promotion , had left no apparent mark on him . |
| 4 | On political questions it is remarkable how little he has to say . |
| 5 | Strange , Gina thought , how much their two countries had in common and how little she had realised that element of kinship before . |
| 6 | A thought seemed to strike Maria and she added , ‘ They always spoke English together , but once I overheard Signor Diomede remark in Italian how little she had changed . ’ |
| 7 | Then he thought , how little she has altered . |
| 8 | On behalf of their inarticulate owners , these clothes say ‘ I 'm not playing ! ’ and then sit on the sidelines ( so you can see how upset you 've made them ) , and wait for the world to be nice . |
| 9 | Tony talked about his ex-girlfriend and then remembered how upset he had become when his parents split up when he was 14 . |
| 10 | Why had n't she realized how hopeless she had become , how she had forgotten everything during those months of pregnancy ? |
| 11 | He stood there blankly , not knowing what to say or do , remembering only the sound of her crying out in the darkness and how awful he had felt , alone , kneeling there on the dyke , impotent to act . |
| 12 | Did she not realize just how awful it had made me feel ? |
| 13 | How tall she had grown , and beautiful . |
| 14 | Julia was so interested in the cross-examination that she almost disobeyed Anthony 's instructions to go back to the Campo San Maurizio for lunch and spend the afternoon in bed , but , remembering how weak she had felt the previous evening , she did as he said . |
| 15 | He could remember how strange it had seemed after the base in Germany . |
| 16 | I know it 's just laid down as as sheet as to what you 're supposed to put down and all sorts but I ca n't remember exactly how detailed it 's got ta be . |
| 17 | One woman , remarking on ‘ how wonderful it was , with what faith the Führer spoke ’ , was reported as saying it took just such a speech to show ‘ how faint-hearted one had become through the routine of everyday life ’ , and that she could now look to the future with confidence again . |
| 18 | The carefree quality disappears when she shyly tries to tell the Tutor how fond she has become of him , and when she discovers Natalia and the Tutor in each other 's arms , she loses all inhibitions to denounce them . |
| 19 | I want to know how high I 've gone . |
| 20 | And when they returned to the main column they told how this one had fought like three men against ten times as many of the barbarians . |
| 21 | ‘ How acquiescent you have become ! ’ |
| 22 | ‘ Do n't worry , Matey , ’ he said to her , leaving the room of many memories , putting his arms about her , seeing with new eyes how old she had grown , and that he was all she had , the last of the many children for whom she had cared in a long life of selfless service . |
| 23 | This will have to be done very tactfully , though , for men find it much harder than women to admit how dependent they have become on their partner . |
| 24 | She had not realised before exactly how dependent she had become on Piers . |
| 25 | It was remarkable how unsafe it had felt walking through the forest like this . |
| 26 | We had talked already over the telephone about her radical decision a few months ago to begin wearing the traditional Muslim dress , and how relieved she had felt since changing what she wore , feeling that she was ‘ expressing something she had felt all along ’ . |
| 27 | And those of yo you who 've been doing it for some time will now realise how easy it has made the momegiture . |
| 28 | We 've only got one thing more that we can give to you and that 's a good clap to show you how much we 've appreciated you listening . |
| 29 | I was I was looking at the syllabus last night and I was working out how much we 've got to do yet and where we are an and I really do feel confident that no matter where you are in your course work situation , that if w if we planned the thing right and we sort it out between now and the summer , tha that we could well get a good few Grade A's in here and obviously work it well . |
| 30 | I do n't know what , how much they 've kept of the er place at the back . |