Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [det] [pron] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 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 ’ . |
| 2 | 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 ’ . |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | He was surprised how little he could see . |
| 5 | Who knew what an unhappy woman might say in such straits , and how little she might mean it ? |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't see how that we should pay . ’ |
| 7 | Any how this we can fix . |
| 8 | So I I think it started on an informal basis , you know everyone was just a little bit fed up with the way they 're being treated and the way you know been told how much we could earn , how we could earn it , when when we could earn it and all this sort of palaver . |
| 9 | Well there 's a physical limit to how much we could produce in a an eight hour shift and all the slate makers were adamant that the figures he reckoned they could produce and what they reckoned they could produce you know they were totally different . |
| 10 | Cos that 's when , when , when we get to that nearer the date , we could , we could just , you know , when you 're confirmed that you 've been booked and you 're definitely going , erm we could look at the finances and see how much we could afford to , to give , erm , something to each person to help with , eit either with the accommodation or , or the transport . |
| 11 | So I mean there is a limit to how much we can earn , you know bonus-wise . |
| 12 | There 's a limit as to how much we can do for half the people in this committee are members |
| 13 | We do n't require much more energy for cooking than we ever have , because our demand for cooking is essentially determined by how much we can eat . |
| 14 | Well , that of course er may be true but er as the Group Captain has has said here in the reduced er spec position which we now face and judgement was taken as to how much we should invest in stocks of reserve drop tanks at this point and the option exists to order more . |
| 15 | The government must have the figures , we know the government has the figures and the people of Britain will have to pay that extra tax so why have n't they got the guts to tell them how much they 'll have to pay . |
| 16 | If you think about the taxation issue , you know , the government in Westminster exercises very stringent controls over what local governments can spend , how much they can borrow , what they spend it on erm if they do n't like it they apply financial sanctions to , to local governments and if they really get up their nose they abolish the local government altogether . |
| 17 | oh yes , and , and er it 's amazing those few seconds , how much they can relieve pain and suffering , if you can get people out quickly and , and take away the , the trouble from them . |
| 18 | I says , Well er we 're going about here , the two shunters are going about here and they 're vying with each other to see how much they can ignore me . |
| 19 | There 's other associates who like to know beforehand roughly how much they can provide for people by way of life cover and living assurance , so that they can give the people some idea , or maybe want to sit in front of them and use the rate book to give them some idea . |
| 20 | Erm , let's say you had a client who knew how much they could afford to spend , so what you were doing then was you 'd tell them how much life cover you could afford . |
| 21 | Well after you 've had your tax and insurance taken off , that 's how much they should have between them |
| 22 | Well , when you think how much they must earn in an hour cos Sue was only in there ten minutes ! |
| 23 | If somebody keeps on going abo on about how much they love you , if somebody keeps on going on about they care for you and how much they 'd like you to enjoy yourself and er all that kind of thing and you subsequently feel hurt , upset , abused and need to go to casualty , that 's probably a lot more difficult to understand because it does n't fit the script . |
| 24 | Can you show me how much they 'd get ? |
| 25 | I do n't know how much it 'll cost . |
| 26 | Erm , what I 've done is I 've asked for quotes from three companies er to see how much work , how much it 'll cost us to take this action . |
| 27 | Erm well I 'd like to see how much it would cost me . |
| 28 | I wonder how much it would cost the town , like ? |
| 29 | And you 've got to guess how much it will weigh . |
| 30 | Rosemary had been to Venice and seen the original bridge , and she enthused for a long time on the beauties of that city and how much she would like to go there again after the war was over . |