Example sentences of "how far he [vb mod] " in BNC.
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1 | One moment halfway up the straight it looked as if Eddery might have cut it too fine ; the next it was a question of how far he would win by , for this burst of speed was so decisive that it made the top horses in Europe look one-paced . |
2 | If he 'd been cycling for fifteen hours , you you have a look and tell me how far he would have gone . |
3 | There were boundaries as to how far he would go , but in his own way Branson was as much committed to creating a spectacle as McLaren and Reid , if for very different reasons . |
4 | But after only four miles he began to realize just how far he would have to walk . |
5 | She swallowed deeply , wondering just how far he would go in order to try to force her to comply with his will . |
6 | Decisions are then needed on how to train , which will include whether or which parts should be on-line or off-line , whether the operator is required to function in a mainly programmed ( i.e. rule-following ) mode and how far he may need to function in a conceptual ( i.e. actions based on understanding ) mode . |
7 | And if your father is currently taking your side of things worth sounding him out as to how far he 'll take |
8 | Yet when he set off on 20 September 1519 , with a royal mandate to search for a passage through to the Mar del Sur , and thus to determine for certain that the Spice Islands were within the Spanish domains , he had not the foggiest notion how far he might have to travel . |
9 | ‘ I think we should be given lessons on that and then we could make up our minds about whether we are being used by a boy seeing how far he can go , or whether the boy is really interested in us . |
10 | A pro knows within a few yards how far he can hit the ball with each club — unlike the club golfer who has a wide variation from day to day , and even from hole to hole . |
11 | How far he can go in the absence of restrictive covenants is dealt with later . |
12 | He seemed intent now on pushing to see how far he could go and she appeared willing to give way in everything in order to pacify . |
13 | Bobet was a cyclist who knew just how far he could go before digging deep into his reserves . |
14 | In being who he was : that was his vocation , and discovering how far he could go and even , fatally , what he could get away with . |
15 | Seeing how closely Weis was watching him , he made an effort to be more warm , more friendly in his greeting there , but all the while he was wondering just how far he could trust the man . |
16 | Suddenly it occurred to Alexei that in the event that he failed to return from the embassy the question of solemnising the marriage would not arise , and he wondered again how far he could trust Burun . |
17 | He was not quite sure how far he could trust Horridge . |
18 | For example , he enjoyed seeing how far he could push the teachers — with concealed insults , fomenting riots , with prying into their private lives . |
19 | Primed with the good advice , but uncertain how far he could follow it , Greg went in through the hall of the cottage , artificially created by modern alterations , and knocked at the far door on the right . |
20 | Dobson was an expert at knowing just how far he could go without actually breaking the law . |
21 | He encouraged himself with promises that after ten paces he could rest , then demanded of himself that he manage another five and another five until he lost count of how far he 'd come and how far he had to go . |
22 | He wanted to know exactly how far he 'd come . |