Example sentences of "[noun sg] and [verb] [Wh adv] [adv] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | okay well I 'll get that supervisors course I 'll give N H A a ring and see how fast they can do it yeah cos really needs it as well does n't she ? |
| 2 | A pilot-induced phugoid — shoving the stick to 10 kts over the cruise speed and seeing how long it takes to stabilise in pitch — resulted in one swoop and a small dive before VS returned to level flight . |
| 3 | I recently lost three stone in weight and wondered how else I could improve myself and I was lucky in that I had had a mastectomy for a cancer about seven years ago , so I went ahead and had breast reconstruction . |
| 4 | Second , you need to master the geography of your college and learn how long it takes to get to and from various locations . |
| 5 | Plot non-verbal ability at age 11 against the Goodenough test scores , fit a resistant line , sketch the line on the plot and decide how well you think the Goodenough test at 7 predicts non-verbal ability at 11 . |
| 6 | What I think we 'll do to start off with is to just put you on one inhaler and see how well you respond and if you only need it ev every now and again we do n't need to do anything else . |
| 7 | There are a few less high-powered speed events held around Britain where you came enter using standard equipment and see how fast you can go . |
| 8 | I am often upset when people approach British Rail on the safety issue and ask how much it would cost to do the job properly . |
| 9 | I blink at their brightness and ask how much they cost . |
| 10 | No , cos it 's , you just watch somebody smack a ball as hard as they can with the one wood and see how far it goes . |
| 11 | When preparing a suggestion for costs to your opponents you should run through a checklist of the following tasks which are likely to have occupied your time during the case and assess how long you have spent on those tasks or how much time you think you should charge for having completed those tasks : Letters out , miscellaneous telephone calls . |
| 12 | Go on then , let's have a look and see how nicely you can put your trousers on . |
| 13 | Egg and spoon race — place your egg in a dessertspoon and see how far you can run without dropping the egg . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | She had spent most of her own childhood trying to persuade her parents to fall in love with each other and known how little they really cared for each other or for her , but until recently she had not realised how little real love there had been in her own marriage . |
| 16 | She stared at the car lights going by on the ceiling and thought about her Diary and wondered how much they would pay her for it . |
| 17 | Pamela had nearly had a heart attack when she 'd looked at this year 's brochure and seen how much it would cost . |
| 18 | In the next chapter we consider morbidity patterns in later life and consider how far they reflect the patterns described by mortality data . |
| 19 | He rose but found his chains would not let him even reach it , so he slumped on the ledge and wondered how long he would be detained . |
| 20 | I can assure you that I did and I can assure you that I have already thanked him on behalf of the Council , shook his hand and said how well he done it , but if you 'd like a letter to go to say how well he done it , then I 'll send a letter telling him how well he done it . |
| 21 | But you come and try saying how stressed you are in my school and see how long you last . |
| 22 | Yet , when they were asked how they felt about their sister , each one of them paid tribute to her gentleness and femininity and said how much they cared for her . |
| 23 | Just consider the idea that fear is a hungry creature that wants to feed off our energy and see how easily it has trained us to provide that nourishment at the push of an idea . |
| 24 | Fei Yen rose slowly , meeting the prince 's eyes for the first time and seeing how quickly he re-directed his gaze . |
| 25 | ‘ It would have been a fascinating exercise to auction it on the free market and see how much it got , though ’ , said Maître Binoche . |