Example sentences of "how [modal v] [pers pn] [adv] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How could we possibly challenge such assertions ? |
| 2 | How could she even think such things about a man whose reputation as a womaniser rivalled Casanova 's ? |
| 3 | How could she honestly make this pigheaded man see sense ? |
| 4 | But how could she ever explain this to Alexander , who anyway no longer wanted to understand ? |
| 5 | Yet how could she possibly feel jealous over a man whom she had so long ago evicted from her heart ? |
| 6 | How could you ever believe that ? ’ |
| 7 | How could you possibly lose four men ? |
| 8 | ‘ How could I ever love that stupid girl ? ’ he asked . |
| 9 | How could he even think that , let alone say it ? |
| 10 | How could he possibly think such a thing about her — that she would not only take drugs herself , but that she 'd willingly put him in horrific danger by acting as a kind of double agent ? |
| 11 | But how could he possibly feel happy about the role he had been given ? |
| 12 | How could he possibly have American dentistry ? |
| 13 | ‘ How dare you even suggest that ? |
| 14 | How would she ever get used to wearing a tie ? |
| 15 | Now how would you actually group those notes ? |
| 16 | How can they possibly control such success ? |
| 17 | How can we actually articulate that sense of a broader vision ? |
| 18 | How can we possibly retain that self-reliance and confidence if we become more and more a nation of programmed consumers , stuffed with the produce of an automated technology over which we feel we can have little influence ? |
| 19 | When our internal organs , lungs , liver or kidneys , are like the far side of the moon , never visible , how can we possibly have any feeling for them ? |
| 20 | How can he live like that ? |
| 21 | How can he possibly justify cutting training which is so desperately needed by a work force without jobs such as that in Knowsley , South ? |
| 22 | How can he ever think tiny people are real people with real thoughts ? |
| 23 | How can you even consider such a scheme ? ’ |
| 24 | ‘ How can you possibly wear that ? ’ the other sprinters shouted . |
| 25 | How , how can you possibly like poor ? |
| 26 | How can , how can you possibly put that ball back where it was ? |
| 27 | And certainly this stuff , I mean , when a person 's still alive , how can you possibly know enough ? |
| 28 | ‘ How can I honestly feel that way , knowing what he did to Mark — the way he treated him ? ’ |
| 29 | How can I ever leave this behind ? she wondered . |
| 30 | How can I ever make that thing stay upright ? you ask yourself . |