Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [det] [pron] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 31 | The result was pale and sickly , stress lines showing how much she would look like her mother in a few years ' time . |
| 32 | She could not have guessed how much she would enjoy herself with a stranger , how completely this woman was in sympathy with her , could not have hoped for a new friend to come out , at this stage in her life , and give her so much pleasure . |
| 33 | Possibly it was when she 'd said how much she 'd like to go to school in Vienna and learn how to dance . |
| 34 | Friends at Groggan Primary School have been teasing her about how much she will earn and are envious that she will be off school for four or five weeks . |
| 35 | But she was as , we were quite surprised how much she could say . |
| 36 | Now that she was face to face with Bridget , her mind was fully engaged in a debate as to how much she should tell her friend about events in Paris . |
| 37 | And now , when it was almost his , he realized how much he would miss Larksoken , its remoteness , its bleak uncompromising strength . |
| 38 | He had not realised how much he would miss his family and the work of breeding and breaking the shires with George . |
| 39 | I wondered how much he would fret if he did n't see me among the passengers , and I hoped not much . |
| 40 | He wondered how much he would find changed . |
| 41 | He said how much he would like to adopt the bear — which , in a sense , he was to do , for Bultitude appears as one of the characters in the final volume of his space trilogy That Hideous Strength . |
| 42 | Sometimes he went to West Hampstead and paid a visit to the School , to the commune , and enjoyed it very much and thought how much he would like to live there himself . |
| 43 | The gleam in the missionary 's eye suggested that Jaq 's account of how much he could perceive — ‘ Even to a glimpse of the Emperor 's beacon ? ’ — and of how he could hide his own spark of phosphorescence , meant that this lad was singularly blessed . |
| 44 | It was all very pleasant , and Cassie began to remember what she had all but forgotten : Just what good company Ben was , and how much he could make her laugh . |
| 45 | Scouring a crumpled bank statement , he worked out how much he could afford and wrote out the cheque on his girlfriend 's back . |
| 46 | However generous Edward wished to be — and his willingness to challenge the Stanleys suggests that he saw Richard 's endowment as a matter of some urgency — there was a limit to how much he could afford to do for his brother . |
| 47 | However generous Edward wished to be — and his willingness to challenge the Stanleys suggests that he saw Richard 's endowment as a matter of some urgency — there was a limit to how much he could afford to do for his brother . |
| 48 | Brian tried to think how much he could recall of his own early years . |
| 49 | And he knew I did n't have to be home for the kids or whatever , he knew my circumstances so well and he knew th exactly how much he could use me you know . |
| 50 | Or so John-William Dallam 's lawyers had made clear to him when he had signed the marriage-contract a week ago , telling him what his allowance was to be , what it was meant to cover , by how much he could overdraw , to whom he would be answerable if his affairs fell into disarray , making it all sound more like an application for employment than a romance . |
| 51 | There 's no set figure as to how much he can spend . |
| 52 | But we 'll deal with how much he can have , and the figures etc , later on . |
| 53 | For the rejects , Mr Sundlun 's next decision will be to decide how quickly temporary closure becomes permanent , and by how much he can limit the cost to Rhode Island taxpayers . |
| 54 | NIGEL MANSELL last night gave a glimpse of how much he will miss Formula One when he limped forward to collect his World Drivers ' Championship trophy at a glittering ceremony in Paris . |
| 55 | The usual system is for the client to say how much he will spend as a working budget during a certain period of time . |
| 56 | Stuart had fumbled nervously in his pockets , wondering how much he should give , just change , surely . |
| 57 | I obliged with iron-toothed Baba Yaga , and the newsagent asked how much he should pay me . |
| 58 | Entering the bedroom , he wondered how much he should tell her — but there was no need for that . |
| 59 | So instead of admitting what she 'd overheard , and letting him see just how much he 'd hurt her , she 'd play it down . |
| 60 | Phoned up to see how much he 'd charge me . |