Example sentences of "how [adv] [pron] have [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I know too how intensely you have felt the influence of nature — its loveliness , its deep solemnity , its mystic , overwhelming power to strike awe and sometimes terror in our hearts . |
| 2 | Those letters would be bound to point out to Gina how badly she 'd treated him , telling her to reform and to save her marriage if they were religious , or else saying that she deserved it if he got someone else . |
| 3 | How badly he 'd treated Mum , he told us . |
| 4 | This made me aware of how badly I 'd done with the domestic arrangements . |
| 5 | His cool irony brought swift colour to her cheeks as she recalled how furiously she had condemned him for doing just that . |
| 6 | Anyone acquainted with ancient ikons will recognise how acutely she has captured their essence . |
| 7 | From the outset he had been dismayed to learn how little they 'd progressed . |
| 8 | Perhaps I ought to formally reopen the inquest ; compel the police to reveal publicly how little they have achieved . ’ |
| 9 | How little we had understood in 1976 . |
| 10 | In many ways , it is a sad illustration of how little we have learnt from the past , despite the long history of our continent . |
| 11 | Nothing illustrates better the fluidity of viewpoints by which we can swing towards and away from egoism , and how little it has to do with morality . |
| 12 | Although it has been telling the world how successfully it has recovered , Unisys Corp made clear at the annual meeting last week just how parlous the company 's condition remains . |
| 13 | I consider how successfully I have melted into the background recently . |
| 14 | The movement whose new star he became in 1934 soon showed the public how greatly it had gained strength . |
| 15 | Dot looked at it and was surprised to see how dirty it had become . |
| 16 | But had it not been to rid herself of her aura of wealth and privilege which had created her feeling that she was the darling of the gods — although the same gods knew how brutally they had treated her — that she had come to the East End to work , and to live as though she really needed to , and to survive on the pittance which she had earned , without bolting back again to luxury and comfort ? |
| 17 | ‘ We all left the theatre with smiles — thinking not what an authentic production we 'd seen but how much we 'd enjoyed 18th century theatre ’ EARLY MUSIC NEWS |
| 18 | Not until now have we realized how much we had missed birds . |
| 19 | Before hearing the speech of the hon. Member for Leeds , Central ( Mr. Fatchett ) I was going to say how much we had missed him in Committee . |
| 20 | The building site manager at the time told the Daily Mirror : ‘ I had a meeting with Mellor 's wife over cups of coffee at the start of each week to discuss any problems and let her know how much we had spent so far . |
| 21 | Figures show how much we 've grown |
| 22 | It 's an important question , because unless we remember the past , we 'll forget how much we have achieved during the last years . |
| 23 | One can only hope that we , as the panda 's worst enemy , can somehow right our wrongs and have finally learnt how much we have to lose . |
| 24 | To a very large extent the way our primary schools develop in the future will be a comment on how much we have learned from the largely fruitless traditionalist v progressive debate of the '60s and '70s . |
| 25 | We learn such skills from our mothers , midwives , books and from our own inner promptings , and as we use them they become absorbed into everyday life , often so much so that we no longer realize just how much we have learnt and are capable of ; in fact , we only take notice of the areas in which we feel that we fail . |
| 26 | To think how much we have changed surprises me . |
| 27 | What is becoming increasingly evident is how much we have to learn from dolphins — and how much they may have to teach us . |
| 28 | I think of what each group produced , not in terms of how far from a conclusion they were , but in terms of how much they had achieved . |
| 29 | Dan became apologetic , taking the guide 's side , saying how much they had looked for her , instead of being protective and angry as he should have been . |
| 30 | It made me suddenly realise how much they had changed . |