Example sentences of "and [verb] [Wh adv] [adv] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What really matters is an attempt to limit a hypothesis , derived from a theory , and to see how far it can withstand rigorous testing . |
| 2 | Littler was a wily businessman who knew very well that things were difficult for them and realized how badly they needed his business . |
| 3 | A pilot-induced phugoid — shoving the stick to 10 kts over the cruise speed and seeing how long it takes to stabilise in pitch — resulted in one swoop and a small dive before VS returned to level flight . |
| 4 | When I go skiing I want dozens of fast tows to whisk me to the top of runs and ensure I do n't have to queue for 20 minutes behind a junior racing team , trying to unclip each other 's bindings and seeing how far they can spit . |
| 5 | Fei Yen rose slowly , meeting the prince 's eyes for the first time and seeing how quickly he re-directed his gaze . |
| 6 | He thought of Maeve and realised how desperately he missed her . |
| 7 | Maxim looked at the clutter of parts in front of him and realised how right he 'd been in saying soldiers hate to throw away guns , even cheap Spanish ones . |
| 8 | I can even compare them with nationally agreed criteria and say how well they have done , and grade them against each other when they leave me , if I must . |
| 9 | Nobody could possibly offer a definite answer to this and say how long it may take to fully overcome anxiety and stress problems . |
| 10 | There are days when members approach me , and say how much they enjoy the club members who thank me for enriching their lives . |
| 11 | After some three months have passed it is often wise to conduct a full review of the new systems and to discover how far they have progressed . |
| 12 | They claim that this learning operates throughout life , and emphasize how early it starts : ‘ the little girl is praised and encouraged to exploit her cuteness . |
| 13 | Then they turn against him and show how far he has been deluded . |
| 14 | And imagine how much we can learn from them ! |
| 15 | Pamela had nearly had a heart attack when she 'd looked at this year 's brochure and seen how much it would cost . |
| 16 | We are setting targets and publishing how often we meet them |
| 17 | In the next chapter we consider morbidity patterns in later life and consider how far they reflect the patterns described by mortality data . |
| 18 | One : decide what the playwright was trying to do and pronounce how well he has done it . |
| 19 | I was whirling it round and round — I was getting tireder and tireder and wondering how long I could go on … |
| 20 | I was left in bed trying not to show how scared I was — shivering and wondering how long it would be before our own house caught fire , as from my window I could see the flames from the burning laundry , less than three hundred yards away . |
| 21 | When preparing a suggestion for costs to your opponents you should run through a checklist of the following tasks which are likely to have occupied your time during the case and assess how long you have spent on those tasks or how much time you think you should charge for having completed those tasks : Letters out , miscellaneous telephone calls . |
| 22 | As their coach , Alex Wyllie , remarked : ‘ When we arrived in Wales we were told Cardiff were no damned good and look how well they played against us . |
| 23 | Just from racing so long I know what it 's going to do most of the time so I can adjust the pressure on the handlebars and know how hard I can drive it into the pavement . |
| 24 | In order to spell , one has to combine both kinds of sequence , one has to think of the syllables in the word in the correct order and remember them and remember how far you got , and also remember the sequence of visual symbols , i.e. letters on paper . |
| 25 | It is the task of Philosophy to confront questions which are posed in a variety of areas , to consider to what extent their answers are to be found in such subjects as Mathematics , Physical Science , Sociology , Literary Studies or Religion , and to determine how else they might be answered — where these can furnish no complete answers . |
| 26 | She had spent most of her own childhood trying to persuade her parents to fall in love with each other and known how little they really cared for each other or for her , but until recently she had not realised how little real love there had been in her own marriage . |
| 27 | Plot non-verbal ability at age 11 against the Goodenough test scores , fit a resistant line , sketch the line on the plot and decide how well you think the Goodenough test at 7 predicts non-verbal ability at 11 . |
| 28 | She had never liked the arrangement that had installed her in the Ward household , but having heard the tragic story , and knowing how much it meant to the woman who had rescued her from a life of loneliness , how could she refuse ? |
| 29 | Look at the high street favourites of five years ago and ask how well they 're doing now : in the nineties we could be saying bye-bye Next and cheerio Habitat . |
| 30 | I blink at their brightness and ask how much they cost . |