Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [det] i [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.

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1 the top material work out a plan for how much I 'll want .
2 Because you know how much I 'll hate it ? ’
3 ‘ You have n't even begun to discover how much I 'll dare , Aurora .
4 And I still do n't really know how much I 'll receive , or when !
5 Only one thing was clear ; his anxiety about how much I might have heard from Mitford and Leverrier was now explained .
6 I ca n't be certain how much I would have been earning working for myself … ’
7 He said : ‘ I only have a few thousand invested , but it is very worrying when you can not get your money back , and there is no way of knowing how long it might be or how much I will get back . ’
8 I 've learnt a lot , my job depends on me driving and it 's made me realise how much I can drink , how much I ca n't drink , what I can drink and realising about road accidents .
9 How much I can give you
10 " Oh , you 'd be surprised how much I can do , " said the mole .
11 There is a limit to how much I can take !
12 I wan na know how much I can get for that thing though .
13 Ivy caught me alone in the passage to say how much I must miss Donald .
14 I do not wish to know how to bring up my children , what view to have about drug addicts , how much Shakespeare should be taught in comprehensive schools or how much I must marvel at the achievements of members of the Commonwealth countries .
15 ‘ I used to walk past it and peep in through the windows and think how much I 'd love to live there , ’ she confesses .
16 For there is a dilemma along the way — expressed so poignantly by the very young pregnant schoolgirl who , in response to the question : " But did n't they tell you about sex in school ? " replied " Oh yes , they told me what to do — but nobody said how much I 'd want to do it ! "
17 As Adam refilled his glass , Elinor said , ‘ I never realized how much I 'd miss Buzz .
18 So of course I said how much I 'd like to be able to play my guitar like a saxophone , and he said , ‘ Yeah — and vice versa . ’
19 And we both know just how much I 'd like to carry on doing it , so do n't tempt me to start ! ’
20 ‘ I do wish you 'd make some effort to grow up , ’ said my mother before she could stop herself , for she did n't want her future son-in-law to know how much I could irritate her .
21 They were surprised at how much I could eat and drink .
22 For my part I would have to decide how much I could tell her without giving away Neil 's presence on Moila .
23 I 'd never read it but I knew how much I could have sold it for .
24 Authority had decreed when I must sleep and when I must not , just as it had decreed when and how much I should eat ; it was my business , in my bid for autonomy , to reverse the decisions of authority .
25 Can you tell me how much I should put aside for the church 's legal fees and , out of interest , where exactly does the money go ?
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