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Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [adv] [pers pn] [verb] [adv prt] " in BNC.

No	Sentence
1	‘ When I watched them win 2–0 at Tottenham they kept it ever so tight , so I was surprised at how much they came out and attacked . ’
2	Too young for you even to try and explain what you were doing , how important it was and how much it took out of you .
3	It was n't until I 'd bought one and used it that I realised how much it speeded up knitting .
4	With a tight budget of around £2m , the crew must watch how much it lashes out on lager .
5	She likes to make sure everyone knows exactly where the pain is , how long it goes on for and whether it 's burning , stabbing , singeing or a combination of all three .
6	Do you know how long it goes on for ?
7	Um I 've got some stuff on the handout about some of the stuff that 's been done about what 's what happens and how long it goes on for .
8	The direction and power of the smash is affected by when you hit the ball , what direction the ball 's already travelling , and how long you hold down the fire button !
9	After being endlessly reassured that , ‘ it 's not the tractor , it 's how long he stays out that field ploughing , ’ we give up craving a member that could be mistaken for the Eiffel Tower .
10	How joyously Talich embraces the outer sections of this piece , and how movingly he draws out those long , yearning melodies in its middle episode .
11	You 'll be surprised how soon you loosen up .
12	How How easily they come off .
13	With Green Shield Stamps it 's amazing how quickly they went out just like that , did n't they ?
14	So that 's how quickly they caught on .
15	As they are only small they appear to be quite light , but seem to hold an edge and time can only tell how quickly they wear out .
16	You 'll be surprised how quickly they lower over the next few days .
17	You see how quickly I pick up English ways of talking .
18	These cover a large range of things , like the patient 's age , the patient 's sex , where the pain is , where it started , how quickly it came on , and so on and so forth , and essentially within the computer has a large table , and this table contains , how shall I put it , the frequency with which this particular symptom was associated with a particular disease over the last few hundred patients that have been seen at that hospital .
19	No matter how carefully they pointed out that areas of low pressure almost always bring rain and high winds and plenty of cloud , it did n't help at all when Station Commanders and Navigation Officers specifically wanted clear skies and good visibility over their targets .
20	How often they come out and clean their windows .
21	You may be surprised how often they crop up in conversation .
22	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 .
23	Think of the toddler learning to walk and how often he falls down only to pick himself up and try again .
24	‘ Strange how often she crops up in conversation .
25	Another familiar failing of which you should be aware is the subconscious tendency of some interviewers to always look for someone who is like them and therefore to judge people on how far they match up .
26	Have you any idea how far it went in ? ’
27	‘ And before I go tomorrow we 'll compose a joint letter to the two of them , pointing out how well we get on without them and urging them not to hurry back .
28	. We 'll see how well we got on and how we did n't .
29	In the latter , agents are organizationally rewarded by how well they measure up to the relatively concrete criteria provided by the enforcement process .
30	This contact may be by post , by telephone or by personal meetings ; the choice will depend very much on how important you are to a magazine and the magazine to you and thus how often you are likely to be working with this particular publication , how physically near you are to each other and indeed how well you get on at a social level .