Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Surprised me , it did , 'ow little I 'd forgotten . |
| 2 | I get all 'eavy in 'ere when I fink 'ow that ole goat Galloway treated 'im after a lifetime of work fer 'im , ’ Nellie said , putting her clenched fist up to her chest . |
| 3 | ‘ 'Ow old is 'e now ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ Aah 'll not wrap up 'ow grave it is , ’ he said heavily . |
| 5 | ‘ Alright , ’ he posits. ‘ 'Ow much money would it take for you to drink a pint of somebody 's piss ? |
| 6 | An' 'ow much ? 'Oo d'yer owe this money to , anyway ? ’ |
| 7 | I soon found out 'ow dangerous an' uncertain the job was . |
| 8 | Yer know 'ow nervous she is . |
| 9 | An' I du n no 'ow long I 'll be livin' 'fore I 'm sick like yore ol' lady 'angin' rahnd ver launjrette an' waitin' up fer ol' man an' 'avin' Gawd knows 'ow many kids 'angin' rahnd me an' ‘ Mummy this ’ and ‘ Mummy that ’ my Gawd if you mus ' know Sharon all my life all I fuckin' wanner do is shine up there like a dancer or sunnink . |
| 10 | God knows 'ow many bleedin' stitches ’ . |
| 11 | It 's bin stewed I do n't know 'ow many times . |
| 12 | That 's what I tell 'im : three or four pints every weekday , and Gawd knows 'ow many on Saturday night . |
| 13 | ‘ The military say they want to fly rockets on it , but when they see 'ow small it was , it did n't get called up . ’ |
| 14 | ‘ 'Ave you come to see me ? 'Ow nice of you ! |
| 15 | 'Ow bad is t'lane ? ’ |
| 16 | Then said he , I am Saint Lazarus , and know that I was the leper to whom thou didst so much good and so great honour for the love of God ; and because thou didst this for his sake hath God now granted thee a great gift ; for whensoever that breath which thou hast felt shall come upon thee whatever thing thou desires to do , and shalt then begin , that shalt thou accomplish to thy heart 's desire , whether it be in battle or aught else , so thy honour shall go on increasing from day to day ; and thou shalt be feared both by Moors and Christians , and thy enemies shall never prevail against thee , and thou shalt die an honourable death in thine own house , and in thy renown , for God hath blessed thee ; — therefore go thou on , and evermore persevere in doing good ; and with that he disappeared . |
| 17 | Conflict erupted between the Soviet Union and China , and inside the East European bloc , and even before the collapse of the communist regimes there were vigorous manifestations of nationalist feeling in those countries which included different national groups within their boundaries , whenever political conditions allowed it to be expressed . |
| 18 | Whenever parental duties require the attentions of both mother and father , pair-formation takes place ( opposite , top ) . |
| 19 | The ritual went like this : Whenever Labour made news — at a conference , during a policy dispute , before a tense meeting of the National Executive Committee — politicians and commentators would be sat in front of a microphone and asked : ‘ Will the left defeat the leadership ? ’ |
| 20 | Whenever Labour has lost office there has always been strong pressure within the party to press for more extreme policies . |
| 21 | Lord Lane said : ‘ No mention is to be made of any of the facts upon which these three orders were founded until after the conclusion of the last of the three trials involved , whenever that may be . ’ |
| 22 | The Italians want such a group created right away , the British once the region 's disputes are settled ( whenever that may be ) . |
| 23 | Whenever that happens , rather than going back to the track I play something else that will fit , or I leave it as an improvisational section , so to speak . |
| 24 | Will it be quietly forgotten in the next boom period ( whenever that might be ) ? |
| 25 | It is only when we reach old age , whenever that is , that we can experience and reflect upon an almost entire life cycle . |
| 26 | He is cagey about his plans post-Maastricht — whenever that may be . |
| 27 | ‘ The constable in certain districts ’ , The Pall Mall Gazette ( 19 February 1901 ) observed , ‘ is apparently looked upon as the common enemy whom it is right to kick and beat whenever that can be done with safety . ’ |
| 28 | We can deduce from this that if a guard g is used to guard two different processes , then whenever that guard becomes ready either copy may be activated , the choice being invisible to the environment . |
| 29 | The second development has been the assumption that the meaning of the term unreasonable used by Lord Greene M.R. should govern whenever that word appears within a statute . |
| 30 | The hon. Gentleman does his best to get everything out of context whenever that is possible . |