Example sentences of "how [vb mod] [pron] possibly [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Of all the things they could have foreseen and prevented how could they possibly have foreseen this ? |
| 2 | Yet how could one possibly become acquainted with his wife , Marie , a woman who had been on the stage and who , it was known , had lived with him in adultery while waiting to be divorced ! |
| 3 | How could she possibly have foreseen a situation like this ? |
| 4 | How could she possibly have walked into the reception room at the hotel where Rune was holding his anniversary party and looked him in the face without betraying the fact that despite the passage of time and distance she still loved him ? |
| 5 | ‘ In the circumstances , how could you possibly want to go to bed with someone like me ? ’ |
| 6 | How could I possibly have neglected to think about her when a few weeks ago I could think of little else , in lubricious detail ? |
| 7 | How could he possibly have done so ? |
| 8 | Now that his consciousness was changed , how could he possibly have allowed himself to speculate about its identity , postpone the means of putting his mind at rest and then , ostrich-like , avoid the issue altogether ? |
| 9 | How can we possibly justify creating 7,000 additional children 's books each year ? |
| 10 | How can we possibly justify creating 7,000 additional children 's books each year ? |
| 11 | How can we possibly begin to work them out ? |
| 12 | How can anyone possibly budget to make the best use of the chargepayers ' money if unspecified amounts are to be taken from the Parish Council account by the bank ? |
| 13 | My scientific colleagues say how can you possibly get involved when chimps in captivity live for 50 years ? |
| 14 | It became , ‘ how can it possibly have come about in so short a period of time that so many women have become involved in politics ? ’ |