Example sentences of "[coord] [Wh adv] [adv] he [verb] " in BNC.

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1 No matter how long he waited or how often he looked up to see who the latest arrival was , he knew in his heart of hearts it would n't be his son .
2 Simply , it was because , no matter how hard or how often he tried , he failed to get on too well with people .
3 They show how Crabbe looks at scenery , and how subtly he links the scene with the soul of the observer .
4 His listeners heard all the details of Oliver 's illegitimate birth , and how generously he had been treated as a workhouse orphan .
5 And how sadly he had missed her , lacking the unworthy symbol she had deigned to make worthy .
6 How joyously Talich embraces the outer sections of this piece , and how movingly he draws out those long , yearning melodies in its middle episode .
7 Now though she stifled that feeling and gave herself up to the joy of being in his arms and hearing how long and how deeply he had loved her .
8 One friend said that , in later life , Eliot could never bear to mention Vivien 's named and another has written of his feelings of " guilt and horror , which haunted him daily " and how once he observed , " I can never forget anything " .
9 Before , she had understood his choice in a theoretical fashion ; now she was seeing what that choice meant , and how hard he tried for his poor patients , and for such little return other than the simple and offered faith of the poor , suffering girl on the bed .
10 She tried to make allowances , constantly reminding herself of the responsibility Nathan was carrying and how long he had been without sleep .
11 Think of the toddler learning to walk and how often he falls down only to pick himself up and try again .
12 The amount of money held by an individual to finance these transactions , therefore , is likely to depend on the size of the individual 's money income and on institutional arrangements , such as how often the individual is paid and how often he pays his bills and engages in monetary transactions .
13 But Tan delights in the work 's teasing surprises without affectation , and how beautifully he conveys the mystery of modulation in the Adagio grazioso ) not least at 2′43″ in track 2 ) .
14 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 .
15 There are , even today , all sorts of varying views on Ken 's theatrical performances and how seriously he took his opportunities to rid himself of the cliché Kenneth Williams image .
16 And just think of the calculations involved when a fielder runs to catch a cricket ball — he does n't necessarily realise he is doing it but he has to work out how high the ball is , how fast it is travelling , its precise direction and how quickly he has to run in order to catch it .
17 But however well he knew the owner of the voice , Folly was relieved to see that Luke was n't rushing to answer her summons .
18 But however much he desired peace and , with peace , an opportunity to make good war 's heavy drain on his financial resources , there were limits to Henry 's clemency .
19 YAKOV TOLSTIKOV is among the favourites to win one of the big-money prizes in the ADT London Marathon on Sunday , but however much he makes he will struggle to spend it when he returns home to Siberia .
20 But however much he hated the thought of allowing Sara to commit herself to a man she had never met , he knew her too well and loved her too much to try to keep her at home against her will .
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