Example sentences of "could [pron] [vb infin] [verb] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I agreed with Gyggle , only by entering the dreamscape , the hypercast of my hotted-up mind , could I hope to resolve this paradox and once and for all free myself from the malevolent force which I felt had shaped my life . |
| 2 | How could I hope to remain unmoved ? ’ |
| 3 | Where could I go to wear that ? ’ |
| 4 | ‘ At the end of that , ’ she asks , ‘ how could I justify getting upset at a duffed shot ? ’ |
| 5 | How could I have done such a thing ? |
| 6 | How could I have done such a thing ? |
| 7 | It 's so sincere and done with such love that you know it must be agony for them and your one thought is , ‘ Oh God , how could I have hurt these people like that ? ’ |
| 8 | How could I have known that detail ? |
| 9 | ‘ How could I have let that bastard make love to me ? ’ she demanded violently . |
| 10 | She wanted to hurt him , and how could you want to do that to someone you loved ? |
| 11 | What could you do to make this relationship more loving ? |
| 12 | Could you have done such a thing , Mom ? |
| 13 | What could you have done that would aid you remembering ? |
| 14 | Not all of them I accept and they 've been very helpful and when it comes to erm any other issue , I think basically , unfortunately sir , I think that we have strayed from the debate , we 've strayed onto ethnic issues er er and I think it 's a shame Mr , there was no need to introduce that and of course it was bound to bring a backlash , it was bound to introduce it it it it 's coloured it it 's made opaque the issues because you make it complicated , in actual fact er er I think that er being a governor of a school , I think that 's absolutely marvellous that some youngsters the future , I think the future will decide , I think there are kids out there will turn round one day and say how could you have done that ? |
| 15 | Well one , how could you have bought that and two , how could you let her drone through it like that ? |
| 16 | D c c could you have visualized any way in which production could have been controlled apart from his down about a certain amount ? |
| 17 | How could you have taken such a risk ? |
| 18 | Would you , could you afford to loose five pound to protect two hundred and fifty ? |
| 19 | ‘ How could you live like this ? ’ |
| 20 | ‘ Could you try to explain that a little bit . ’ |
| 21 | Could you help identify these recent finds ? |
| 22 | Could you help to identify this French fireman 's medal made of white metal , possibly silver ? |
| 23 | ‘ How could she want to do such a thing ? ’ |
| 24 | How could she manage to face another day ? |
| 25 | I think it would be best if you came across as nobly resigned : ‘ How could she stoop to do this to me ’ — something along those lines — without going into too much detail . |
| 26 | How could she have written such stuff ? |
| 27 | How could she have done such a thing ? |
| 28 | How could she have done this to herself ? |
| 29 | How could she have forgotten that ? |
| 30 | How could she have known all this would happen — the past coming alive again , out of control ? |