Example sentences of "[Wh adv] he [verb] [adv] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Whenever he complained too much about cost she went and bought what she needed with her own money . |
| 2 | She badly wanted to ask how he knew so much about dressing women , but controlled her curiosity . |
| 3 | ‘ I asked the son how he knew how much was stolen and he said he last counted it 12 months ago . ’ |
| 4 | And also after his reconciliation with Miss Havisham , for whom he gets hurt in the process of trying to save her from the fire and also because of how he wants so much to help Herbert . |
| 5 | During those difficult years , when he drank rather more than he should , he would sometimes even forget on the way home from gigs I was his daughter and not just an ordinary groupie . |
| 6 | Anyone could see that there were times when he drank far more than was good for him . |
| 7 | At a time when he had so many claims on his time , what with his normal work , committees , visitors from overseas , particularly from the United States , a growing acquaintanceship and a formidable correspondence , the assurance that he was ‘ here again and available ’ was of great moral support to me , especially as I was still uncertain about the future , and as the news , as his letter hinted , was by no means all good . |
| 8 | He sometimes smuggled in a small set of balance scales in order to be able to weigh the prisoners , rations when he discovered how much the system was open to abuse ; he was also quite capable of openly exploiting the rules , if needed . |
| 9 | There was a time when he owned only this great mausoleum , and that piece of derelict land at the bottom of Shorrock Hill . |
| 10 | Sometimes , when he thought about that day , as he did occasionally , it occurred to him that this was the first instance of railways being able to distract him from the pains of life . |
| 11 | That 's when he brings in that subtle verse about the oneness of the Christian church . |
| 12 | However he did too much business to get sacked . |
| 13 | When The Chameleons split , Fielding went from revered admiration ( especially in the United States ) to a council flat in Middleton where he had just enough money to get by . |
| 14 | His trousers were rough against her skin and smelt fusty like the church where he spent so many hours praying , presumably , for guidance . |
| 15 | Eight-year-old Peter comes from a home where he receives very little discipline . |
| 16 | God knows why he woke up that night . |
| 17 | Then there was the element of fascination — I know practically nothing about him , nor what his business activities are or why he spends so much time in foreign countries . |
| 18 | ‘ That could be why he went home that day feeling groggy . |
| 19 | That is why he spent as much time as he possibly could outside the ring , talking about anything but the council tax . |
| 20 | I suddenly realized why he smoked so much and felt queasy all over again . |
| 21 | I do n't fully understand why he does so much to distance me . |
| 22 | Li Yuan sat there , looking up at the image of his father 's father , wondering why he felt so little . |
| 23 | Did Boy ever ask himself why he did n't dream about men , when he got home from The Bar — why he had instead these strange dreams of shoots , bulbs and roots ; roots kept in the dark , waiting to flower , needing a gardener 's attention ? |
| 24 | That was the problem facing the author of this utility , which is why he wrote this little program that lets you type in the error code , the description is then printed to screen . |