Example sentences of "[Wh adv] she could [adv] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She wondered again what sort of trouble he was in and how she could best help . |
| 2 | ‘ Mm , ’ she said , wordless at how she could n't spit out that furious NO ! |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Though how she could possibly have killed her husband , I ca n't think . ’ |
| 6 | I felt aggrieved at this because I had not worked with the sister during my placement , and could not imagine how she could possibly assess my work and capability . |
| 7 | As the words formed themselves in her mind , she did n't know how she could ever utter them . |
| 8 | Her face was blank , and Meryl found herself wondering how she could ever have imagined that they had some kind of common bond , women in medicine , friendship . |
| 9 | Ruth found herself crouching on the floor , almost fainting ; wondering how she could ever have thought before that Fincara was casting spells . |
| 10 | When Liz Headleand woke on the first day of 1980 and found herself in bed with her husband , she remembered instantly the scene of the night before , and wondered how she could ever have been so upset by it . |
| 11 | Miranda fleetingly wondered how she could ever have thought that Adam had a withholding , guarded nature . |
| 12 | She wondered how she could ever have thought that she loved him , and why she had stayed with him for so long after she 'd realised that if she ever had , she did not love him now . |
| 13 | In mounting anger she glared up at the taunting dark face , wondering how she could ever have thought his laughter attractive . |
| 14 | And then her heart almost stopped as she remembered — and wondered instantly how she could ever have forgotten . |
| 15 | His eyes shone with mischief , and she wondered how she could ever have thought him boring . |
| 16 | Bewildered , Clare did not understand why she could n't manage . |
| 17 | I could n't understand why she could n't share her diary . |
| 18 | His tone was grave , but there was a twinkle in his eye as though , heaven forbid , he knew why she could n't seem to keep off the subject of his personal relationships . |
| 19 | God alone knew what the girl did after the golden boy had gone off to sell his 57 varieties , heaven only knew why she could n't get herself dressed before ten o'clock . |
| 20 | Lisa had been fully occupied explaining to a rather elderly lady why she could n't pick out the exact blooms that were to be delivered to her daughter-in-law in New Zealand . |
| 21 | ‘ Did Marie Claire say why she could n't come ? ’ |
| 22 | Er something she did n't expect and that 's why she could n't come . |
| 23 | She explained to Dexter why she could not talk about the Mills case at work . |
| 24 | One day when we were vacationing in Santa Fe in 1943 my daughter , Jennifer , who was then 3 , asked me why she could not see the picture I had just taken of her . |
| 25 | And Dot considered her pigeon-hearted father and wondered why she could never recall his face . |
| 26 | She had decided what must have happened to him , why he was taking so long to return , and why she could never recall his face . |
| 27 | Many times , in the middle of the night when she could not sleep , she was faced with the slightly guilty realization that she was behaving rather badly , but in the daytime it did n't seem to matter . |
| 28 | ‘ Her mother called the doctor this morning when she could n't wake her and her GP must have called the police . ’ |
| 29 | Looking back to the time when she could n't find reverse on her company car , Alison contrasted this with her new job responsibilities : ‘ Now I 'm driving over 2,500 miles a month , much of it spent on the M25 . |
| 30 | Gone were the days when she could just get up in the morning , make coffee , leave a note for Mrs Bennett and go off to Brentwoods with , maybe , the anticipation of quite an exciting day . |