Example sentences of "how [adj] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | I still remember how apprehensive I was . |
| 2 | Then I realized how absurd I was being . |
| 3 | But after I left her , I realized how cruel I had been . |
| 4 | ‘ I ca n't tell you how grateful I 'd be . ’ |
| 5 | Very humbly I said how grateful I was , since I was only a surgeon . |
| 6 | After take-off Beaton surveyed his surroundings : ‘ Silk-lined walls , arm chairs like Pullmans , various compartments for eating , sleeping , smoking — this is the aircraft that took Churchill to America … how grateful I am to be among the lucky ones on the last lap for home . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ I shall try to think of some way of showing how grateful I am for your bravery . |
| 8 | I 'm only trying to show you how grateful I am . |
| 9 | In passing , I would like to say how grateful I was for this friendly and sympathetic , as well as informative , advice from the Humanist Association . |
| 10 | To show you how grateful I am to you , I 'm offering to explain how to make it — then you will be able to destroy all your enemies ! ’ |
| 11 | I want to show you how grateful I am for that . ’ |
| 12 | It was one of the reasons why I was anxious to learn English at school : so that I could tell her in her own language how grateful I would always be . ’ |
| 13 | ca n't tell you how grateful I am . " |
| 14 | You do n't know how grateful I am ! |
| 15 | ‘ What I 'm trying to say is how grateful I am , and how miraculous it was , but that 's it . |
| 16 | I should like to say how grateful I was to the kind gentleman who pulled me clear . |
| 17 | ‘ You can scarce know how little I care ! ’ |
| 18 | I have already said how little I knew about cancer , and I now began to brush up on it . |
| 19 | She could discourse at great length on the history of Europe , illustrating how little I knew on this vast subject ( having ducked out of history lessons at the age of thirteen ) . |
| 20 | In becoming anorexic , I was saying to those who were in effect my social superiors , ‘ I can contribute nothing to the community ; look how little I have/am . ’ |
| 21 | The last year has taught me how little I really knew about what goes on behind the wrought-iron gates of Buckingham Palace and the red brick walls of Kensington Palace . |
| 22 | How little I tolerate marble , in whatever colour ; it is so cold . |
| 23 | How little I 've done . |
| 24 | One of the strangest things is how little I think of Sophie and Ben . |
| 25 | Like many women , I had not know what to expect and had been shocked at how little I had been told about the reality of giving birth . |
| 26 | " I was thinking how little I know of you , and wondering how and why you turned up here in the first place . " |
| 27 | I just remember then being thankful my over-clubbing had n't proved costly and how exhausted I was . |
| 28 | I even took some photographs of myself crying so that I could show them to Marcus later and he could see how upset I had been . |
| 29 | after my second week he said I 'd got the gift of the gab or something and I always manage to wind people round my finger and always always get what I want and everything and I always took my way out of shit and I heard this from Matt , you can imagine how upset I was like on my I tell you er I heard about it on the field weekend cos I was here and Matt was here as well and , and I just thought my God I 've been friends with this bloke , we were having baths together when we were like two years old and , and I 've known him all my life and if you ca n't trust him well where does the , where , well you know , who can you trust ? |
| 30 | Now I 've found out how hopeless I am on my own … ’ |