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 ? |