Example sentences of "how [pron] [verb] that [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How I wished that one of the English-speaking sons or the Sheikha 's daughter was with us . |
| 2 | ‘ Oh , Guy , if you only knew how I longed for you , how I dreamed that one day you would rescue me . ’ |
| 3 | He had all three and felt that at last the play was under way : this was why he had struck north ; this was why he had learned his part ( and God bless Major General Lake of Dumfries and God keep him there ) ; this was his great opportunity and ‘ O Lord , ’ he prayed to himself , ‘ if it is true that You have love even for the worst of Your sinners and let Your Son welcome into Paradise the thief on the cross who by a single act redeemed a life of evil , then remember me at Hause Point , remember how I tried to obey Your will and how I saved that innocent young girl and help me here because I swear , if I succeed in my intention here , I will lead a life of charity and Christian duty to the end . |
| 4 | Mr David Wilshire , MP for Spelthorne , last year a staunch supporter on the Commons committee examining the tax , is now so alarmed at how it works that this week he asked ministers to scrap the ‘ monstrously unfair ’ community charge . |
| 5 | Yeah , tha that 's how it appeared that all the medium-sized stuff gone . |