Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [adv] he [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How badly he 'd treated Mum , he told us . |
| 2 | Iron Josh also had his instinct and it told him that , no matter how much he had tried to hide the fact that he was worried , Bertha had guessed . |
| 3 | She had no evidence to back it up , but in her heart she knew that Luke would never deal with a man like Martin , no matter how much he stood to gain from it . |
| 4 | Mr Helmsley did not say how long he planned to keep his buildings in mourning , but his wife is expected to be in jail for at least 19 months before she is eligible for parole . |
| 5 | When the Shah arrived , Morocco officials evidently did not know how long he planned to stay . |
| 6 | Even so , I do n't know how he survived that fall ; God knows what he broke , how he suffered , how long he took to crawl there to the other slightly brighter patch of light ; how long he took to die . |
| 7 | Even so , I do n't know how he survived that fall ; God knows what he broke , how he suffered , how long he took to crawl there to the other slightly brighter patch of light ; how long he took to die . |
| 8 | She realized by his use of the word ‘ they ’ instead of ‘ we ’ that he was not a native of the place , and wondered how long he had lived there . |
| 9 | For how long he had dwelt there Allen was unable to find out . |
| 10 | She could n't remember now how long he had held her imprisoned , only that it seemed an eternity of immeasurable time . |
| 11 | It was sudden , ’ he murmured blandly , but she noticed that he did n't comment on how long he 'd known him . |
| 12 | She had no idea how long he intended to keep her here . |
| 13 | He says that he 's only had two letters of objection and adds that he wonders how long he has to carry on to prove to some people that the crematorium is not an environmental hazard . |
| 14 | How long he has to wait he does n't know . |
| 15 | I do n't give – toss how long he 's had to learn the part or how difficult it 's been . |
| 16 | It was irritating how easily he seemed to do several things at once . |
| 17 | She had driven herself on and on , trying to keep her thoughts painless , trying , without success , to think of anything except how badly Luke had hurt her , how easily he had destroyed her life . |
| 18 | Henri watched him go , trying to calm himself down , distressed at how easily he had succumbed to Richmann 's taunts . |
| 19 | Considering how easily he 'd discovered Candy 's identity and background , finding out her address had probably been a walkover . |
| 20 | His armour of cynicism was shown up as useless ; all he could feel was how desperately he had wanted the job and how bitter he felt at the injustice that had taken it away from him . |
| 21 | It was strange that she had never thought of him before , for she now remembered how quickly he had learnt poetry when she was helping him learn to read . |
| 22 | Soon they were laughing over the melodrama of it ; how quickly he had seemed to arrive at death 's door , and how absurdly soon afterwards he was stuffing his face and bouncing with health . |
| 23 | He batted it away impatiently , not even pausing to consider how quickly he 'd adjusted to Yukio 's death . |
| 24 | Didier hardly noticed how quickly he came to understand and speak English . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | How low he 'd sunk through his own choosing . |
| 27 | 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 . |
| 28 | And without giving him the satisfaction of knowing how deeply he had hurt her . |
| 29 | His choice of words shows how thoroughly he has identified with his subject , and for what reason . |
| 30 | From America , how earnestly he 'd longed to reach her on the telephone ! |