Example sentences of "how many [noun pl] [verb] i " in BNC.

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1 How many apples have I ?
2 How many times had I heard that remark ?
3 How many times had I heard , ‘ This is your home , ’ ‘ These are your sons , ’ ‘ You are my sister , ’ ‘ They are your daughters ’ ?
4 How many times had I prayed for the impossible ?
5 How many times had I told her not to do it ? — to wait .
6 How many times did I tell you I loved you back in Seville ? ’
7 How many times do I have to tell you , Hawkins , my name 's Doctor Streeter , not Miss Streeter ; now come up here and wipe that filth off . ’
8 How many times do I have to tell you I do n't know this McCloy ? ’
9 How many times do I have to tell you not to dawdle ?
10 How many times do I have to tell you ? ’
11 How many times do I have to spell it out ?
12 How many times do I have to repeat it ?
13 How many times do I have to tell myself not to get lost ?
14 How many times do I have to tell you I 'm not setting foot inside that house ? ’
15 How many times do I have to tell you I ca n't stand it ? ’ he demanded stormily .
16 How many times do I have to tell you that I do n't want to talk about him ? ’
17 There is another question , how many times do I forgive somebody .
18 How many times do I have to tell you do n't run over the board !
19 How many times have I heard you ?
20 How many times have I told you to dismount before letting go of your arrows ?
21 How many times have I told you that you should give up smoking but you never listen to what I say .
22 When we pointed the ending out to them , some said " You mean you can sometimes tell what a chapter is about by looking at the end " and others said " 0 Lord , how many times have I been told ! "
23 The absence of Neil Lenham ( how many times have I written that , I wonder ? ) handed Keith Greenfield a more regular opportunity to open , one this Brighton beau has grabbed enthusiastically , twice registering 55-overs bests , narrowly missing a Sunday best and forming such a productive partnership with Jamie Hall that Smith found himself at first drop for the initial one-dayers .
24 How many times have I asked myself : when is the world going to start making sense ?
25 How many times have I told Ma , send the baby back , only to be laughed at and pinched on the cheek ?
26 How many times have I disagreed with him ?
27 ’ Describing to Louise the heroic quest for style that Madame Bovary represents ( April 19th , 1852 ) , he explains : ‘ How many times have I fallen flat on my face , just when I thought I had it within my grasp .
28 How many times have I had someone come and say , can you sign this drawing please
29 And how many times have I heard that ?
30 ' — but how many times have I stood and laughed as that man on the hobbyhorse , a fool , an outsider to the troupe , prances round and through the dancers ?
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