Example sentences of "how [adj] [pron] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had intended to sweep aside any reservations Kingdom might have about revealing a patient 's secrets by pointing out the overriding importance of finding Heather , but , instead , he had become meek and subdued , as if content to accept Kingdom 's judgement unreservedly on how much or how little he could divulge . |
| 2 | He was surprised how little he could see . |
| 3 | John Lahr told me of his astonishment at how unpleasant he could be to waiters at the Indian restaurant they visited together . |
| 4 | She determined she would show him how generous she could be , next time , how to her the priests ' talk was cant , and she 'd defy all for love of him . |
| 5 | She felt sometimes that he did n't know how spirited she could be , and this would certainly have shown him ! |
| 6 | They did n't even need to be shown how high you could climb , how bravely you could wrestle . |
| 7 | She recalled Rose today in the shop , how brutal she could be in attack , but how straight . |
| 8 | Someone filled and lit a chillim and everyone gathered round to smoke it , exchanging , now and then , laconic comments about the boar 's escape , musing about what had happened and how different everything could have been if only luck was with them . |
| 9 | The Worthing backs then showed how dangerous they could be by scoring two tries , but Alton were too far in front to be caught . |
| 10 | ‘ I think you know how serious it could be if she lost this child . |
| 11 | I lay back in my bed , hoping that Eric was still at large and heading this way , and also that my head and guts would stop reminding me how uncomfortable they could feel . |
| 12 | Cos that 's when , when , when we get to that nearer the date , we could , we could just , you know , when you 're confirmed that you 've been booked and you 're definitely going , erm we could look at the finances and see how much we could afford to , to give , erm , something to each person to help with , eit either with the accommodation or , or the transport . |
| 13 | Well there 's a physical limit to how much we could produce in a an eight hour shift and all the slate makers were adamant that the figures he reckoned they could produce and what they reckoned they could produce you know they were totally different . |
| 14 | So I I think it started on an informal basis , you know everyone was just a little bit fed up with the way they 're being treated and the way you know been told how much we could earn , how we could earn it , when when we could earn it and all this sort of palaver . |
| 15 | It could do depending how much how much they could be delegated . |
| 16 | Erm , let's say you had a client who knew how much they could afford to spend , so what you were doing then was you 'd tell them how much life cover you could afford . |
| 17 | But she was as , we were quite surprised how much she could say . |
| 18 | Scouring a crumpled bank statement , he worked out how much he could afford and wrote out the cheque on his girlfriend 's back . |
| 19 | Brian tried to think how much he could recall of his own early years . |
| 20 | The gleam in the missionary 's eye suggested that Jaq 's account of how much he could perceive — ‘ Even to a glimpse of the Emperor 's beacon ? ’ — and of how he could hide his own spark of phosphorescence , meant that this lad was singularly blessed . |
| 21 | However generous Edward wished to be — and his willingness to challenge the Stanleys suggests that he saw Richard 's endowment as a matter of some urgency — there was a limit to how much he could afford to do for his brother . |
| 22 | It was all very pleasant , and Cassie began to remember what she had all but forgotten : Just what good company Ben was , and how much he could make her laugh . |
| 23 | Or so John-William Dallam 's lawyers had made clear to him when he had signed the marriage-contract a week ago , telling him what his allowance was to be , what it was meant to cover , by how much he could overdraw , to whom he would be answerable if his affairs fell into disarray , making it all sound more like an application for employment than a romance . |
| 24 | And he knew I did n't have to be home for the kids or whatever , he knew my circumstances so well and he knew th exactly how much he could use me you know . |
| 25 | However generous Edward wished to be — and his willingness to challenge the Stanleys suggests that he saw Richard 's endowment as a matter of some urgency — there was a limit to how much he could afford to do for his brother . |
| 26 | See How Much You Could Have Received If You Had Started Investing 10 Years Ago |
| 27 | Before you take out a Midland Pension we will provide you with a detailed illustration of how much you could receive . |
| 28 | Yes that was , that was right erm there was a limit to how much you could spend as well was n't there ? |
| 29 | ‘ I think he was quite shocked at how much you could love something when Holly was born , ’ says his sister Vanessa . |
| 30 | I wonder how much I could ‘ do ’ over the next 20 years ? |