Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [pers pn] [modal v] [verb] [vb pp] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And if Thomas had been any older I do n't know quite how I would have explained it to him . |
| 2 | If you had asked me to describe one of the Whistler 's victims that 's exactly how I should have seen her . |
| 3 | I raised my hand to my eyes wondering how I could have hit it so hard . |
| 4 | After all , though she was n't quite sure how she would have done it , she could have found some other way to lay hands on the money she needed . |
| 5 | She tried to remember Isabelle objectively — wondering how she would have regarded her if they had simply met as strangers , but all she could call to mind was her mother 's warmth , and gentleness and capacity for love , and a slow anger began to build in her . |
| 6 | Then she said , ‘ I do n't see how she could have turned you down — knowing how you felt about her . ’ |
| 7 | Except that that kiss and her response to it had taken her so much by surprise that , even in hindsight , she did not see how she could have forestalled it . |
| 8 | How you would have despised me ! |
| 9 | Study the advertisements now appearing and show how you would have done them . |
| 10 | Think about how you could have foreseen them . |
| 11 | If you 've helped someone and you feel really good about it , let go all those negative feelings about how you could have done it better . |
| 12 | We learnt a few lessons on how we could have improved it but we felt very pleased with it as our first attempt . |
| 13 | I thought about Marcus and Lily , how they would have loved it here — the lake , the kiln , the excitement of the firing . |
| 14 | Bernal took one look at it : ‘ Of course , ’ he said , ‘ of course that 's how they must have done it . ’ |
| 15 | How it must have hurt him . |
| 16 | ‘ I do n't know how he could have done it , but where the hell else could he be ? ’ |
| 17 | But I still do n't see how he could have done it . ’ |
| 18 | Standing at the counter waiting for the coffee , he wondered how he could have let it come about , and he felt a stranger to himself . |
| 19 | ‘ Miraculously they swept you round to Gullholm , where I must have found you minutes after you got caught in that inlet . ’ |
| 20 | They 're descriptive , any other ideas why I might have rung them , erm , ringed them ? |
| 21 | ‘ I could see no reason why she should have invented them . ’ |
| 22 | There are strict time limits : generally , six years from when damage first occurred ; where the damage was initially ‘ latent ’ you are given longer — three years from when you could have discovered it , with a longstop of 15 years . |
| 23 | You went shopping this morning when you should have done it , so now you have to do it tomorrow . ’ |
| 24 | She seemed vaguely familiar to Juliet , and she stared at her for a moment , trying to place where she might have seen her . |
| 25 | That the kakar had seen the tigress was quite evident , and the only place where she could have seen her was on the track . |
| 26 | ‘ I do n't know why you should have led me to believe he was some kind of old buffer . ’ |
| 27 | GUIL : But if he gave it to me there 's no reason why you should have had it in the first place , in which case I do n't see what all the fuss is about you not having it . |
| 28 | She argues that the rise in illegitimacy occurs in none of the places where we might have expected it if Shorter 's hypothesis of the sexual revolution were correct . |
| 29 | If anyone was going to make the connection , that was when they 'd have done it — when all the muck-rakers were going full blast . |
| 30 | Unsurprisingly , Rugby missed their putt , falling behind when they must have felt they were odds-on to go ahead . |