Example sentences of "think [Wh adv] [adv] " in BNC.

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1 They make rotten toilet paper , and I do n't know what else to do with them , and , oh Nick ’ — she suddenly sat heavily beside me on the bed — ‘ you 're a good man and sometimes I think how nice it would be to have a good man in my life again . ’
2 She started to go , and then turned back , saying cheerily , " Just think how nice it will be when it 's all finished with , " and then she actually added , " Well , I must go and feed my puss-puss now , or she 'll be ever so cross . "
3 So you know when you get in a meeting sometimes you 've got a point of view on an agenda item and you think how where am I gon na get support for for my point of view on the meeting ?
4 Think how easily we are often able to recall and describe films or television programmes we have seen .
5 And if they 're not prepared to pl play the game or pay the going rate well then you review it and think how far do I push them on this ?
6 of bed , I think how far I 've come .
7 Think how often you see two people struggling to rig or de-rig because they are too embarrassed or independent to ask someone to help .
8 Think how often you have an idea that you need to ‘ sell ’ to your boss or to colleagues .
9 Think how often , say in a meeting or discussion , you have a point of view that you want to persuade other people to agree with or adopt .
10 This complex statement need not be analysed here but just think how often we see a certain politician , good though he may be , declared as " never coming across on the TV " .
11 The printing press enabled Luther to start a Reformation — think how long it would have taken him to preach his way round Germany .
12 When I think how long we 've been friends …
13 When I look back on those days now , I think how perfectly harmless it all was by comparison with today 's pornography .
14 But you think how how
15 Even if the re-sale value of your car is low , think how much it would be worth stripped down and sold for parts — the criminal has .
16 Think how much better you and your family could cope .
17 But think how much worse it could be .
18 Think how much worse things can be when a thoughtless ( or , even worse , a malicious ) adult comes into contact with a vulnerable child .
19 Think how much it will cost !
20 He started at 9.15 , finished just before 12 and when you think how much that time is worth , it says a lot . ’
21 Think how much our tourist industry is in debt to him .
22 Think how much worse that order would be if administered by the Norths and Castlereaghs of tomorrow ! ’
23 Think how much more appreciative he will be of your place within it when you are suitably arrayed to complement him . ’
24 ‘ But just think how much more enjoyable your victory would be if you were a member of the family , and it were your family firm ! ’
25 And I think where where youngsters were away from school that was a greater reason for them to be at home , to look after home , whilst their parents were ill or if probably one of the other kids were off ill or something like that you see , because in most families there was what three and four children .
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