Example sentences of "how [adv] i " in BNC.

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1 How bitterly I thought that night of the happiness I had left that morning !
2 ‘ Last year I won the Julie Rose 10K in a time which was within 10 seconds of my track best for the season , which is indicative of how badly I ran on the track .
3 ‘ Sometimes I do n't believe how badly I play either . ’
4 This made me aware of how badly I 'd done with the domestic arrangements .
5 I know how badly I behaved that night ; but I was wild with jealousy .
6 I could think only of how badly I wanted to make love to you again , with the sunshine on your beautiful face . ’
7 It is funny , wrote Harsnet ( typed Goldberg ) , how reluctant I was to say anything like that here in the first few days , how instinctively I felt it might endanger the entire project , how everything might collapse around me the moment I said that .
8 At first everyone had been smiling , thinking how right I looked holding the baby .
9 I consider how successfully I have melted into the background recently .
10 Perhaps now is an opportunity of thanking everyone for their generosity and to say how greatly I know it is appreciated by the charities and organizations concerned .
11 Just a line to say what a beastly profession I think politics are — and how greatly I admire your dignity and good humour .
12 My right hon. and learned Friend knows how highly I regard his judgment , but is he still satisfied that it is wise to go ahead with the charges after all the mistakes have been made , and after such a long time has passed ?
13 Souness said : ‘ Mike Hooper has signed a new three year contract and that shows just how highly I rate him . ’
14 And no matter how much I have tried ,
15 I became really depressed because no matter how much I loved my children or tried to take care of them , I could neither keep the doctor at bay or the fungus that was destroying everything that it came into contact with .
16 I felt such a hypocrite in church , knowing that He knew about me , knowing that no matter how much I washed I was still unclean , unfit to stand in His house .
17 No matter how much I hate — them — I will never root for my beloved Leeds to lose , even if it was to indirectly win the scum a treble .
18 ‘ Whatever happens , I do n't care how long I spend in prison , because I 'm going to keep fighting it ( this law ) from the prison depending on what the reaction of the public is …
19 I do n't know how long I have been asleep !
20 I du n no how long I sit there , but I reckon it 's quite a while .
21 I du n no how long I sit there , I just sit there and sort of watch the cars go by .
22 I 've just come to realise : this is my life , I do n't know how long I 've got , I might as well enjoy that time being me , because I 'm stuck with this body , this face , this skin colour ; I have to make the most of it .
23 I did n't know how long I 'd wasted looking for the compass or how long I 'd knelt in capitulation .
24 I did n't know how long I 'd wasted looking for the compass or how long I 'd knelt in capitulation .
25 The Austrian officials were quite another matter ; middle-aged , self-confident , well dressed and courteous , they enquired how long I intended to stay , glanced in the boot , and waved me on with the hope that I would enjoy my stay .
26 I ca n't believe what 's happening , nor how long I can stand it . ’
27 [ In talking about continued home care ] I can stand the strain at the moment , but I do n't know for how long I can go on .
28 Who knows how long I stayed ?
29 Necessities — who knows how long I 'd be away .
30 I was whirling it round and round — I was getting tireder and tireder and wondering how long I could go on …
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