Example sentences of "and [vb base] [Wh adv] [adv] [pers pn] " in BNC.

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1 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 .
2 Nobody could possibly offer a definite answer to this and say how long it may take to fully overcome anxiety and stress problems .
3 There are days when members approach me , and say how much they enjoy the club members who thank me for enriching their lives .
4 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 .
5 Then they turn against him and show how far he has been deluded .
6 And imagine how much we can learn from them !
7 In the next chapter we consider morbidity patterns in later life and consider how far they reflect the patterns described by mortality data .
8 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 .
9 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 .
10 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 .
11 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 .
12 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 .
13 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 .
14 I blink at their brightness and ask how much they cost .
15 I am often upset when people approach British Rail on the safety issue and ask how much it would cost to do the job properly .
16 Just consider the idea that fear is a hungry creature that wants to feed off our energy and see how easily it has trained us to provide that nourishment at the push of an idea .
17 What I think we 'll do to start off with is to just put you on one inhaler and see how well you respond and if you only need it ev every now and again we do n't need to do anything else .
18 Give a confidence or two and see how positively they react .
19 okay well I 'll get that supervisors course I 'll give N H A a ring and see how fast they can do it yeah cos really needs it as well does n't she ?
20 There are a few less high-powered speed events held around Britain where you came enter using standard equipment and see how fast you can go .
21 One of our first priorities will be to get the 80 staff working in our stores nearby and see how soon we can find somewhere to re-establish business in north London .
22 Indeed , it may be that the best approach to the design of guidelines for empirical evaluation is to begin with familiar and well-tried procedures for the elicitation and observation of data and see how far they can be adapted to serve a pedagogic purpose .
23 Once you go through reception they do n't know what you 're like , or what your background is , but they tend to be rough with you and push you and see how far they can go — and most of the girls crack .
24 Egg and spoon race — place your egg in a dessertspoon and see how far you can run without dropping the egg .
25 And see how far you go with that .
26 All right , lad , we will act stupid and see how far it takes us .
27 If my mother wants me off the Project , she can damn well go through channels and see how far it gets her . ’
28 No , cos it 's , you just watch somebody smack a ball as hard as they can with the one wood and see how far it goes .
29 ‘ Watch children at play , ’ advises John Witt , ‘ and see how hard they work .
30 But you come and try saying how stressed you are in my school and see how long you last .
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