Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [adv] he [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Raking the comb through cropped curls that gleamed like polished mahogany , Polly tried to stifle her doubts and the nagging feeling that somehow she should have known there would be strings attached to Clive 's offer no matter how much he protested otherwise . |
| 2 | He did not know how long he lay there but was woken by the sound of turning pages . |
| 3 | God knows how long he lay there . |
| 4 | In the eighteenth century it was more and more usual for an ambassador accredited to any of the greatest European courts to be given it , irrespective of how long he stayed there or what his duties were . |
| 5 | He never knew how long he sat there . |
| 6 | Of course , no creative scientist holds rigidly to a fixed position in the light of new evidence , and only Kandel himself can say how far he has now moved beyond such earlier , campaigning reductionism . |
| 7 | ‘ How well he 's dressed — how well he looks again ! ’ |
| 8 | Thank you for looking after on those really black days when even he seemed too much to cope with . |