Example sentences of "however many [noun pl] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | While the silence lengthened , he reflected upon the cruelty of Fate : had he but waited , had he refused to give in to Ann 's pleadings , he might even now be in a position to make Martha his own ; but as things had turned out he was saddled with a wife he did not love and would never love — however many sons she bore him . |
| 2 | Happily we have much to remember him by — Barry Docks are quieter nowadays , but Talerddig cutting still looks impressive however many times we have seen it . |
| 3 | I do n't think I had ever watched the dawn break until my Waaf days — certainly I had never stayed up all night before , and however many times I had to do it in the course of my duties , it always seemed to me a highly unnatural procedure . |
| 4 | She was continuously moulting as she grew her feathers , and however many times I hoovered I could never get it all . |
| 5 | The awful , abrupt finality of a man pitching forward , so easily , so arbitrarily terminated — the convenience of it to the killer : they were things to which I could never become habituated , however many times I saw it . |
| 6 | I ca n't quite make out the items on the list , however many times I go over it , or rather I ca n't make out the rooms on the staircase , or the stairs on my son 's forehead . |
| 7 | I think , Bill , Pauline 's expressing the frustration that we feel , that as David was saying earlier , as Christians we feel particularly that we are called to serve people like this in great trouble , and yet sometimes you think , you know , however many times I try erm there seems to be many people for whom erm all my effort gets nowhere , and I feel that things are getting worse in society and one feels more and more helpless and hopeless , and therefore there 's a kind of frustration erm that builds up here erm |
| 8 | You can ask me to put this on for you , change it however many times you like , that 's not a problem . |
| 9 | ‘ I had immense faith in the work of the clinic and I knew that , however many attempts it took , I would get my baby . ’ |
| 10 | To sit in a car with that Cook woman for however many hours it was , I simply could n't do it ! |
| 11 | Was she really prepared to accept all this humiliation for the sake of however many weekends he spared her before he tired of her ? |
| 12 | For the simple truth was that , however many signatures we had assembled on petitions or however extensive the lists of worthy organizations opposed to Hinkley C , the decision would now be made in the totally different context of this classically British performance . |
| 13 | However many women he took to himself , they were not Beth . |
| 14 | However many difficulties you have faced , what is certain is that you will have kept on learning , both about the realities of the business world and about yourself . |
| 15 | But , however many skills we possess , not all are of the same value to us . |
| 16 | Old people are no fools , and can easily be hurt ; so however many things you have on your mind to be done when you get home , never leave them feeling that you have given them time that you have grudgingly spared . |
| 17 | There 'll be lots of trouble this week but it wo n't matter , because however many upheavals you go through , or how confused a certain matter becomes , you 'll end up feeling renewed , refreshed and re-inspired . |
| 18 | Some people , some books say , oh take it to twenty two over seven or things like that , but it 's not , and the approx , what you get off your calculator is only correct to however many digits you 've got on your calculator , |
| 19 | There are caves which seem to We went into the caverns and erm saw the petrified caves where they , the water drip on objects and however many years they build up a stone coating . |
| 20 | From this point of view , the only good American is one who stays shamefacedly mute about his English cousins , however many years he may have lived among them . |
| 21 | You to buy back however many years you buy back will count in your pension and lump sum calculation at the end of the day . |
| 22 | His sheep were suffering from foot-rot , and however many ditches he dug , he could not get the water off his fields . |
| 23 | ‘ I tried to hate you but deep down I knew I was lost and that , however many lovers you 'd previously had , I was going to be the last one . |
| 24 | However many facts I know about another person I can treat him as pure means , but I can not be perceptually and emotionally aware from his viewpoint without letting his inclinations interact with mine and affect my ends . |