Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [adj] [pron] [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But they will always know the times when I shall be here in Shrewsbury , and I will see to it that whenever possible they shall have word of my moves between . ’ |
| 2 | Whenever possible you should try to co-ordinate the colour of the ribbon with that of the flowers , otherwise the effect may not be as successful as you would have wished . |
| 3 | ‘ That is what she has asked me to try and find out , ’ said Melissa , acutely aware of how absurd it must sound . |
| 4 | Intuitively she felt the depths of the anguish he 'd suffered , knew without having to be told how hard he had struggled to help his sister , understood how devastating it must have been for him to realise she 'd gone beyond his help . |
| 5 | But then she remembered Tony , and how grateful she would have been to anyone who had had the courage to give her a hint of his real nature … |
| 6 | He contrasted these with the force of the wild where ‘ man is made unwillingly acquainted with his own weakness , and meditation shows him how little he can sustain , and how little he can perform ’ . |
| 7 | He contrasted these with the force of the wild where ‘ man is made unwillingly acquainted with his own weakness , and meditation shows him how little he can sustain , and how little he can perform ’ . |
| 8 | He had intended to sweep aside any reservations Kingdom might have about revealing a patient 's secrets by pointing out the overriding importance of finding Heather , but , instead , he had become meek and subdued , as if content to accept Kingdom 's judgement unreservedly on how much or how little he could divulge . |
| 9 | He was surprised how little he could see . |
| 10 | Who knew what an unhappy woman might say in such straits , and how little she might mean it ? |
| 11 | How odd it must feel to be a stranger in an alien country , where even the faces on the stamps had no meaning . |
| 12 | He realised how odd he must look , sitting up in bed , silver bristling his cheeks , coffee mug in one hand , long-barrelled pistol in the other . |
| 13 | ‘ I know how upset you must feel about losing Alain , ’ she began . |
| 14 | Her brain raced over and over what her mother would say , how awful she would feel , what she ought to do , until she felt that the movement in her head would spin her off the bed and send her whirling round the room . |
| 15 | I told myself I could live with the thought of having just a small part of your life and love , but when you put it into words a few moments ago I could see how awful it would have been . |
| 16 | He was aware of how professional he must appear to her in his preparations for what she saw as killing and which he had been trained to see as protection of the innocent . |
| 17 | But equally , how presumptuous it would have been if he had not believed it after Christ had spoken it . |
| 18 | ‘ I do n't see how that we should pay . ’ |
| 19 | Weber actually recognized that the distinction between politics and administration can not withstand philosophical scrutiny : ‘ Every problem no matter how technical it might seem , can assume political significance and its solution can be decisively influenced by political considerations ’ ( Diamant , 1963 , p. 85 ) . |
| 20 | No matter how sorry we may feel for ourselves at times , there are always people worse off than us . |
| 21 | How haughty it would seem to refuse the aid of a Brother … so that others must inconvenience themselves by fishing him from the void . |
| 22 | So imagine how luxurious it must feel to sleep on one . |
| 23 | They 're bound to take to Filmer too , you know how civilized he can seem , and I do n't suppose news of the trial got much attention here since it collapsed almost before it began . |
| 24 | You may have already decided what sort of walking boots to buy , but the shop assistant will , with barely disguised contempt , correct you , telling you how foolish you would have been to buy such footwear , how lucky it was you came here first , and convincing you that for only an extra £65 you can have the boot you really need . |
| 25 | ‘ Vengeance , ’ said Huy , meaning it , but speaking the word before he realised how theatrical it must sound . |
| 26 | And how empty it would seem , compared with the spring of this year when she had put the tall forsythia stems in the black glass vase in Luke 's office . |
| 27 | Locally-born actress Rhian Morgan said she was delighted to be surrounded by such an ‘ ocean of Welshness ’ at the festival , but realised how empty it would seem after the festival was over . |
| 28 | We 're off to see how high we can get up the Hochhauser . |
| 29 | They did n't even need to be shown how high you could climb , how bravely you could wrestle . |
| 30 | See how high you can raise them . |