Example sentences of "how can [pron] possibly [vb infin] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Companies ca n't tell you how many machines they have so how can they possibly protect them ? ’ said Ronald Berg , of the Scandia risk-management company in Sweden . |
| 2 | If researchers have absolutely no hunches at all about what they are going to find , how can they possibly know what questions to ask ? |
| 3 | " Oh , Laurie , " ( to my father ) " how can we possibly leave them here ? |
| 4 | To begin with , how can we possibly know what we would really need if stricken by serious illness or accident perhaps many years later ? |
| 5 | So , if that is the case how can we possibly lose our identity because we have n't , we 're not , there 's no suggestion if we go on an inward journey , the inward journey must be within our selves , within our individuality , not , not jumping out into some form of spacial context . |
| 6 | How can she possibly know somebody well enough to get married , the little ninny ! |
| 7 | Sometimes when I was drunk and I 'd see him standing there looking all quiet and black and white and gorgeous , waiting for someone to take him home , I 'd get all teary and want to go up and slap him and shout in his face : How can you possibly understand what it means ! |
| 8 | How can you possibly know what he will do ? ’ |
| 9 | How can I possibly forget it ? |
| 10 | ‘ How can I possibly frustrate you ? |
| 11 | Oh for goodness sake how can I possibly see anything aye aye ! |