Example sentences of "[to-vb] [pers pn] how [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When , not too long afterwards , an emissary came to ask me how much money I wanted not to look too closely into Thieme 's affairs , I knew what many an ‘ investigative ’ journalist knows : for some people , there are no rules , no codes they do not think they can break . |
| 2 | The best way to capture the Scottish public imagination for a Scottish parliament is to remind them how much things can be improved on the jobs scene because the Scottish parliament will be taking the decisions presently taken by the Westminster Parliament . ’ |
| 3 | You may have heard about the Family Bond before , but I 'd like to remind you how attractive this investment plan really is . |
| 4 | At the Hamiltons ’ , that is , ’ he added , as if to remind her how temporary her home with Faye and Bill was . |
| 5 | But , against a huge backcloth of mod images , bold arrows and No Entry signs and Union Jacks , beautifully executed songs like ‘ Ca n't Explain' , ‘ Substitute ’ and ‘ Magic Bus ’ served to remind us how innovative a songwriter Townshend could be . |
| 6 | It is true that a number of books were written that attempted to draw parallels between brains and computers but these largely served to remind us how different they really are . |
| 7 | ‘ So it 's going to be up to us to show them how mistaken they are . ’ |
| 8 | I think the advice I would give any mother of an anorexic is to tell them how awful they look ! |
| 9 | And suddenly she knew how much she longed to see them , to introduce him to them , and to tell them how sorry she was for her wild behaviour over Terry , and for her conceited folly over Havvie . |
| 10 | Are you going to tell them how much ? |
| 11 | The government must have the figures , we know the government has the figures and the people of Britain will have to pay that extra tax so why have n't they got the guts to tell them how much they 'll have to pay . |
| 12 | But the manufacturers say politicians have no right to tell them how much to charge . |
| 13 | Tomorrow , when I have to tell them how close the Whistler is getting , I may not like to leave them alone after dark . |
| 14 | If you have children , it will be sensible to tell them how lucky they are to have Granny coming to live with them , and they should be encouraged to give her a warm welcome . |
| 15 | He wanted to show me how much he 'd got out of them . |
| 16 | ‘ Well , he came to Trantridge once and tried to show me how wicked my life was . |
| 17 | He reads it only to show me how hard he is trying . |
| 18 | If you 'd like to tell me how many how many sixths you think there would be in a whole one . |
| 19 | Many thanks to the readers who wrote in to tell me how many heads the Tandon TM262 had . |
| 20 | Would you care to tell me how that can be ? ’ |
| 21 | Yes she still phoned me up in the morning and at vast expense to tell me how awful everything was . |
| 22 | Until now , he had barely spoken , except to tell me how tired he was . |
| 23 | Later she phoned to tell me how much lighter she felt , as if a burden had somehow been lifted from her shoulders . |
| 24 | Then you 'll be able to tell me how much money your rather brilliant father made altogether today . ’ |
| 25 | You forgot to tell me how much I owe . ’ |
| 26 | Oh , and a second time to tell me how pleased he was . ’ |
| 27 | For each one I 'd like you to tell me how interested you are in it by choosing an answer from card twenty four . |
| 28 | ‘ There 's no need to tell me how determined they can be . ’ |
| 29 | During this period of uncertainty , Jean-Claude was as anxious as I. He never missed the opportunity to tell me how different his life had become since I moved in with him : he was happy now , he could work . |
| 30 | And to be more explicit and to show you how tall I stand by the giant , I will put down a simile of human life as far as I now perceive it ; that is , to the point to which I say we both have arrived at . |