Example sentences of "[noun sg] [Wh adv] [adj] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | So he ought , thought Sally-Anne , and so he is , and , desperate to change the conversation , to steer it away from dangerous ground , she said , as brightly as she could , through numb lips , ‘ Sha n't we miss the last horse bus home if we do n't leave soon ? ’ thinking how fortunate it was that Stair had not told Dr Neil the other heiress 's identity — Sally-Anne Tunstall might have been a dead give-away ; she really ought to have changed her Christian name . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm hoping to be changed back before I get used to it , ’ she said ( with considerable spirit , bearing in mind how hopeless she felt ) . |
| 3 | My contractions started at midnight — not very considerate bearing in mind how much I need my sleep . |
| 4 | On opening any packet etc , I can see from the index card how long it is likely to last and then record it on the appropriate page of the notebook . |
| 5 | And Claire if you work out if you had a pound how much you 'd spend on each different one just as you did here . |
| 6 | Dixie asks the breadhead how much he wants . |
| 7 | ‘ I do not think we are under any duty to publish malicious gossip , ’ he said , ‘ which remains gossip however true it may be . ’ |
| 8 | But Brown Owl forgot that one of the questions on it asked how old you are and that it is rude to ask a lady how old she is . |
| 9 | ‘ It was written when he was ill , telling the girl how ashamed he was that she was pregnant . |
| 10 | She said it with an almost questioning tone , as though listening to the sound of her own defiance to gauge how real it was . |
| 11 | ‘ Jackson has been told by the specialist how close he came to losing an eye . |
| 12 | Loads of people did n't half tell the council how cruel it was . |
| 13 | Thus to bring to all our attention how much it matters for the encouragement of arts , commerce and trade which er , for manufacturers which is the full title of the Royal Society of Arts . |
| 14 | He was leaving behind the other children , the only friends he had , and he realized at that moment how lonely he was in the world . |
| 15 | but when we 've read those we 've got to look up what else Jesus said , remember a few months ago the passage we read from Luke thirteen and they will come from the East and the West and from the North and the South and will recline at the table in the Kingdom of God , they will come he says from all directions , we work and hold and these two scriptures intention , we 've got ta compare one with the other , then we 'll read also John in that tremendous vision in the book of revelation he would he says what he saw there , in chapter seven verse nine after these things I looked and behold a great multitude which no one could count from every nation and all tribes and peoples and tongues standing before the throne and before the lamb , clothe in white robes and palm branches were in their hands and they cried out with a loud voice saying salvation to our God who sits on the throne and to the lamb , a handful of people , tiny minority , John says it was a great number , a multitude which no one could count from every nation , from every ethnic group , from every tribe and , and , and , and race on the face of the earth there in God 's heaven how grateful you and I should be , if we are among that number , it 's God 's grace , it 's not that we 've deserved it , it 's not that we have been privileged by some genetic er process to have been born in a so called a nominally Christian country , it is all of God 's grace , it 's not what we have done or what we are , but we have been saved by his grace and just for a few moments this morning , I 'd like us to from this question that was put to Jesus to follow on and if you like get five propositions from it , it sounds complicated but it 's not . |
| 16 | She also points out the importance of the older person having some privacy however dependent he or she becomes , with a room that can double as a sitting room and includes , if possible , TV , electric kettle , cups , and so on , so that there is an independent place to be . |
| 17 | Ladies and gentlemen , he would say , Ladies and gentlemen , now it gives me very great pleasure to introduce the woman who is responsible for holding this whole show together ; the woman who first understood all those years ago that there was crying need for a place where all you lovely people could gather of an evening , the one that we all know and love , and so … would you please welcome on stage , the very lovely , the very talented … once again … our very own … and sometimes he would fade out , and not even say her name , and he would pause , he would make us wait , he would suspend his elegant hands over the keys ; and then , in that silence , he would play the first notes of the actual song itself . |
| 18 | Sunnyvista is a city in the future , a place where all you have to do is sunbathe , watch television and play sports , and where everybody is happy . |
| 19 | If a husband and wife can only tell each other how uncomfortable they feel about the change , and how odd it makes them feel , not endlessly or every day , but just to give a place to the fact , then they have a good chance of staying on a fairly positive course . |
| 20 | Help her , or help himself by warning his friend how much she knew ? |
| 21 | ‘ They said you were a Big-Endian in your heart , and reminded the King how much you cost Lilliput in food and drink . |
| 22 | David and were agreeing last night how much they like the road . |
| 23 | People who have had experience of caring for someone on a long-term basis stress how important it is to lay down certain ‘ house rules ’ beforehand . |
| 24 | Those with experience stress how important it is that the carer and the dependant should not become indispensable to each other or never spend time apart . |
| 25 | With around 700 people a year dying in house fires , doctors from Cardiff Royal Infirmary stress how important it is for all homes to have smoke detectors . |
| 26 | Okay you start off by finding out from the person how much they think they need . |
| 27 | Actually I find it easier to put in the mortgage details which is page li er pa line three and any outstanding bills and loans and then basically find out from the person how much they need on top of that |
| 28 | You mean this ingrate has n't been yearning , dreaming , fantasising , slavering ever since that magical , lyrical , blossom-scented night when first they met ? |
| 29 | Kingsley Amis , similarly , once remarked on television how much he disapproved of the book — ‘ Nobs ’ appeal , ’ he remarked crushingly , ‘ the appeal of nobs , ’ though he generously added that he often reread it . |
| 30 | Mrs Langley rose from a chair by the fire and Alexandra was aware of her daughters and someone else on a sofa in the great square bay window ; and even as Mrs Langley was greeting her she could hear Rose say clearly , ‘ Well , whatever else she has n't got , she certainly has elegant clothes , ’ and Alexandra , stung out of all terror quite suddenly , said crisply , ‘ I will tell my aunt how much you admire her taste . |