Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [pron] [modal v] [adv] [verb] a " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Cypress Hill are smoking funk , and they 've rolled it into a fat album featuring ‘ How I Could Just Kill A Man ’ and ‘ Hand On The Pump ’ . |
| 2 | Her head was beginning to throb from the smoky , claustrophobic atmosphere , and she wondered how she could tactfully drop a few hints about leaving without inviting a tirade of displeasure from André , which was the last thing she felt she could cope with . |
| 3 | Her nanny , though , was once stopped in the street by someone demanding to know how she could possibly have a child by a black man . |
| 4 | So what it 's talking about there is how you can actually define a group . |
| 5 | But I ca n't understand , if you 're in charge of a baby , how you can ever have a minute 's peace . |
| 6 | How you could actually achieve a distribution . |
| 7 | One day when I could n't answer a question about the workings of the British Parliament , Terry said , ‘ What 's the matter , you dumb or what ? ’ |
| 8 | I was subsequently paid to fly by the RAF ; after a lapse of 33 years I returned to the skies five years ago , when I could finally afford a share in a Cherokee which I now fly regularly from Ludham . |
| 9 | However I could not become a sperm donor ( Letters NI 189 ) , especially if this would mean I would never know my child or the woman who bore it . |
| 10 | I do n't see why I ca n't lead a normal life , ’ says brave Joanna . |
| 11 | Of course I know all that 's no reason why I ca n't have a bike . |
| 12 | I FIND MYSELF caught in the toils of having to give a personal explanation for why I ca n't write a personal explanation for the formation of my adult beliefs . |
| 13 | ‘ They said there was nothing wrong with me and there should n't be any reason why I could n't carry a child , ’ she says . |
| 14 | If the driver had seen that I was hurt , he would have stopped , and I was not up to explaining why I could not accept a lift . |
| 15 | ‘ I do n't see why I should n't enjoy a little privacy , since Adam invited me . ’ |
| 16 | Is there any , any other reason you can think of why somebody would n't break a window ? |
| 17 | That 's why she wo n't have a coloured TV . |
| 18 | But there was no reason why she should n't enjoy a bit of company for the rest of the journey . |
| 19 | It was Grizel Huntley 's own view that her brother had not been fooled at all but had been charmed and diverted by a dashing girl thirty years his junior , and had seen no reason at all why she should not have a share of his considerable estate when that left a very decent down-setting for his niece as well . |
| 20 | ‘ Will Kenneth Clarke tell my five-year-old daughter why she will not get a bike or a doll 's house for Christmas ? |
| 21 | She remembered the difficulties they 'd had repairing Starlings after the war , when you could n't get a brick or a plank of wood , not even if you was royalty ; and she remembered comforting Nell as each granddaughter left home . |
| 22 | This is the deadly period when you can most expect a good take . |
| 23 | Her is where you 'll also find a push button which activates the battery repetitive spark ignition for the whole cooker , grill , hotplate and oven . |
| 24 | Er , I mean it 's ancient , it 's for things where you ca n't give a path as an argument . |
| 25 | Oh this place that you where you would n't get a handbag stolen and all that . |
| 26 | Then for long distance use we may require garages where you can simply exchange a battery pack for a fully charged one which you slide into the car . |
| 27 | Why you would n't break a |
| 28 | Why you would n't break a window to break a window , why you 'd go to the trouble of using a glass cutter |
| 29 | Three reaons why you ca n't beat a bit of Bully . |
| 30 | ‘ I do n't see why you ca n't have a private line , though it defeats the object of getting people to send you things you need in a hurry . ’ |