Example sentences of "how [pers pn] [vb base] i " in BNC.
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| 1 | Seven months on , how I wish I could say that the Escort/Orion range is at least going in the right direction . |
| 2 | How I wish I could find a master like you , tough and strong . |
| 3 | ‘ How I wish I had been there ! ’ said Gildas , not for the first time . |
| 4 | How I wish I could draw , Donald ! |
| 5 | ‘ Oh , how I wish I could go home and find him there ! ’ thought Penny , as she hurried along the footpath that led to her house . |
| 6 | How I wish I were with you . |
| 7 | They have a very special significance , and how I wish I had known how to press flowers when I was given my first red roses by my husband , but unfortunately I learnt a few years too late ! |
| 8 | How I wish I 'd seen Shirley Cowling 's article ( Nov '91 ) on ‘ Choosing the first machine ’ eight years ago ! |
| 9 | Oh , how I wish I knew … . |
| 10 | How I wish I 'd never seen him ! |
| 11 | But how I wish I had a body of my own , one that did my bidding . |
| 12 | ‘ How I wish I could be there to see it ! ’ |
| 13 | ‘ How I wish I dared ! |
| 14 | How I wish I could have helped him . ’ |
| 15 | All of this has made me understand that it is time for change , and I want to explain how I believe I can continue to serve Britain . |
| 16 | So the first opportunity I had I left Bradley 's and went back to the Lock so it 'd been war direction , war service we asked and it counted as me service with the Lock , that I had n't interrupted me service being as I was directed so that 's how I say I had fifty years at the Lock . |
| 17 | And if it were up to me , I 'd just want to talk about music , about a certain passage of Mozart and how I would place the emphasis at certain points , and how I feel I 'm a good interpreter at the piano , but not particularly a good technician … ‘ |
| 18 | In simple terms , the self is how I see me . |
| 19 | God , how you inflame me ! ’ |
| 20 | They know how you hate me , and are cruel to me . ’ |
| 21 | It 's a bit like I do n't know how you know I do n't think any of us miss you know Tuesday evenings . |
| 22 | ‘ See how you make me tremble , Caroline ? ’ |
| 23 | You make me feel — I do n't know how you make me feel . |
| 24 | When , gentle reader , someone over-uses your name as a controlling tactic , a throwaway comment disguising an analysis of what is going on can be most effective : ‘ Gosh , it 's interesting how you call me by my Christian name so much ’ ( sub-text : ‘ I 've rumbled you — stop it ’ ) . |
| 25 | ‘ I have a pretty good idea of how you see me . ’ |
| 26 | " How you think I feel , lyin " here listenin " ? |
| 27 | ‘ And you do n't know how you frustrate me , ’ he retorted , tight-lipped , scowling at her . |
| 28 | So I said , oh I said , well , you know if that 's how you feel I said , but I will tell you I said I 'm now a grandma and I said and er Carl is getting married to Rosie . |
| 29 | well we ca n't go into the reasons for that but I said let's respect the reasons I said if that 's how you feel I said , you 're a man you you must make your own decisions I said probably in a few months time you 'll come |
| 30 | Many of us from experience wish to say something like this : ‘ Lord , I do not have the ability to comprehend how you feed me through such simple gifts as this piece of bread or wafer or that sip of wine — but I know you do ! ’ |