Example sentences of "[vb infin] [pers pn] [adv] how " in BNC.
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| 1 | It 's difficult to get across to those who did n't know him just how outlandish this idea seemed . |
| 2 | ‘ We 'll try that kiss all over again , and you can show me just how indifferent you are . ’ |
| 3 | And you 're gon na show me exactly how it 's been fixed together are you ? |
| 4 | We can also help you select a holiday park , for our Q for Quality scheme will show you just how good their standards are . |
| 5 | This will show you just how much you can save on your bill if you make calls out of peak periods . |
| 6 | We shall show you later how to choose suitable goals . |
| 7 | we 'll show you now how to put on a pressure bandage for severe bleeding and then we 'll put the film on and you can see the whole lot again , okay , so just be in the room if you just push and push and push on the window and er the hand has gone through the window , right , and there 's no glass imbedded but it 's cut right across the palm and the reason that we show you this one is because the artery that feeds all these fingers comes and the thumb comes up in an arch like that okay , so the artery comes down , up in an arch across the palm of the hand , so the fingers and thumb all get a blood supply , so when you cut the palm of your hand there is a lot of blood pumping out , okay , so what 's the first thing I 'd tell her to do ? |
| 8 | I could tell them exactly how we 'd do it . |
| 9 | He could remember what a flurry Martha Pritchett used to get into when Lady Debrace stopped in for a cup of tea , and how afterwards she would tell them proudly how her ladyship had sat down and chatted as if she were no grander than Nurse Wilks ! |
| 10 | I shall take your Christmas pudding with me , and the box of dates too , and I shall tell them all how you came this morning with presents and decorations and then found the mistletoe for me ! |
| 11 | Then when I proposed the next day , and made you tell me exactly how far you 'd gone with other men — ’ |
| 12 | And from the cards , Er can you tell me roughly how much you have spent on British definitives in the last year if anything ? |
| 13 | Adam 's angular black handwriting read : ‘ Can I tell you tonight how sorry I am ? ’ |
| 14 | And er you know , the different er things they can tell you just how l old a thing th And then I think they were the sort of the fashion Er you know they were first in the fashion trade to introduce these sort of things you know . |
| 15 | The branch staff will give you details of the best loan for your purpose and will tell you exactly how much it will cost you . |
| 16 | Sometimes they wo n't , intuitive people ca n't actually tell you exactly how they 've arrived at this perception , they 've just got it . |
| 17 | And at the training school Ron they will tell you exactly how we deal with those . |
| 18 | and you 're gon na take another builder er they will tell you exactly how to approach that . |
| 19 | Well perhaps you or somebody on the other side might care to tell us how you 're gon na take it from three to three and half , cos I 'll quite happily tell you then how we 'll take it from three and half to four percent , so we welcome that as a step in the right direction . |
| 20 | And then writing back to this contact i either in New York or in Virginia or wherever it was , saying that it th they would give him the dimensions of the roof , that they could tell him exactly how many slates they 'd need to cover it . |
| 21 | Almost violently , she raised her body , ducking her head at the same time , her feverish lips seeking the scorching lure of his again , the demand for his kiss born out of an intuitive need to let him silence her , so that he might not hear the words and other sounds which would tell him just how complete his dominion of her senses already was . |
| 22 | Note the enormous flexibility compared with a routine which would tell him only how to get from one particular point to another . |
| 23 | Will he tell us exactly how much public money the Scottish Development Agency has invested in the Stagecoach operation and whether the same level of investment will be available to every bid , including management-employee bids , that is made to buy one of the subsidiaries ? |
| 24 | Could Mr Lumley tell us just how Israel is trying to ‘ resettle and improve the lot of the Palestinians ’ ? |
| 25 | But though Muffat entered into details concerning continuo grouping he does not tell us precisely how many musicians were involved in the performances . |
| 26 | As the Secretary of State introduced employment action as an emergency programme for the jobless almost six months ago , since when unemployment has risen by several hundred thousand , can he tell us precisely how many people are on employment action ? |
| 27 | he did strike me like how I 'd feel about this because it 's |
| 28 | In fact , in interviews , a quick reference to the home town frequently serves them as well as a rhetorical trick : by declaring their provinciality , they can remind you just how surprised they are to be attracting so much attention all of a sudden . |
| 29 | It is ridiculous to suggest that a magazine article , book or even the most expert of instructors can teach you exactly how to perform the complex set of movements involved in , say , gybing . |
| 30 | It says seventy five minutes I 'll ge I 'll ask it again How long is it ? |