Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [adj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | Surprised me , it did , 'ow little I 'd forgotten . |
| 2 | ‘ Aah 'll not wrap up 'ow grave it is , ’ he said heavily . |
| 3 | Yer know 'ow nervous she is . |
| 4 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 5 | But they will always know the times when I shall be here in Shrewsbury , and I will see to it that whenever possible they shall have word of my moves between . ’ |
| 6 | We also believe that competition is superior to regulation , so whenever possible we promote competition so that the need for regulation is not as great . |
| 7 | Above all , the teacher needs to take the work seriously — which means that whenever possible we ensure that drama time is not interrupted . |
| 8 | We hold special events every month , with an Indian day next month , and whenever possible we like to dress up for the occasion . ’ |
| 9 | Whenever possible I chose crews who liked working in the north and they always backed me up well . |
| 10 | Whenever possible I try to get a Lecture Theatre , erm but I was told it was booked all day today we were originally in presentation room then came , so be grateful we 're in the Board Room . |
| 11 | Whenever possible he selected ones that contained pieces on the menopause and left them lying around where his wife could see them . |
| 12 | Whenever possible he had been forcing the lords of Aquitaine to acknowledge that they held their " honours " , their counties , viscounties and other seigneuries , not as independent lordships but as fiefs , for which they owed the Duke homage . |
| 13 | Whenever possible you should try to co-ordinate the colour of the ribbon with that of the flowers , otherwise the effect may not be as successful as you would have wished . |
| 14 | She urged on the days until the chance o f their transfer away , she wrote waspy letters to her mother three times a week , and whenever possible she badgered her Yuri to take her to the shops at Pot'ma . |
| 15 | Gives me a better idea of what he 's doing-how much he 's spending , what he 's spending it on . ’ |
| 16 | Still , I marvel at how eagerly and easily a chub will bite , considering how shy they are in all other respects . |
| 17 | Igor Stravinsky met him for the first time in this year , and recalled how shy he seemed . |
| 18 | I realised then more than I have before , how normal she really is , with emotions and weaknesses like anyone else . |
| 19 | I could see , again , how striking she must once have been , when her primly drawn-back grey hair had presumably matched her eyes , ‘ with all that 's fair of black and bright ’ . |
| 20 | Boswell amplifies in a way which casts a slightly different glow on the affair : he comments on how striking it was to hear all the aldermen of Aberdeen drinking Johnson's-health with much exclamation of the great man 's name . |
| 21 | He forgets how annoying he can be and you know he swings the other way . |
| 22 | Let him assume that she knows how annoying it is and does it to annoy — if you know your job he will not notice the immense improbability of the assumption . |
| 23 | Your otherwise excellent cover version album was sadly marred by a long speech detailing how annoying it is that the price of eggs has gone up in Narodny-Karabakh . |
| 24 | I failed to see how tolerant he was of me , with my callow questioning of everything : I flinched under the coldness of his eye , yet did not perceive his isolation . |
| 25 | I still remember how apprehensive I was . |
| 26 | Many Japanese failed to appreciate the background of Western social customs or realize how ill-suited they were to Japan . |
| 27 | A death is always exciting , always makes you realise how alive you are — how vulnerable but so-far-lucky , but the death of somebody close gives you a good excuse to go a bit crazy for a while and do things that would otherwise be inexcusable . |
| 28 | ‘ My Lord , how prompt you are , ’ Jotan 's daughter said from the shadow of the doorway . |
| 29 | Isabella had sought the removal of the Despensers , which had been achieved , yet Edward 's whole reign had shown how resilient he was in these circumstances , and recent years had demonstrated the extent of his power and the ferocity of his vengeance . |
| 30 | Never go straight on from one candidate to the next without pause for reflection , no matter how rushed you feel . |