Example sentences of "understand [Wh adv] anyone could " in BNC.

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1 I could not understand how anyone could act as this man did towards another human being suffering as I then was .
2 ‘ I never could understand how anyone could feel any enthusiasm for going ahead .
3 I still do n't understand how anyone could get turned on watching the X-rated frolicking of a very large pregnant woman and her pimply-butted lover .
4 ( 5 ) , on the other hand , seems to call into question the existence of any conditions which could have led to someone leaving Pa unattended : the speaker can not understand how anyone could have done such a thing .
5 I find that about 5 per cent of the students I teach are never able to overcome this difficulty ( even though they may have perfect hearing and in some cases a high level of linguistic and musical ability ) ; of the remainder , a few are especially gifted and can not understand how anyone could find the task difficult , and most others eventually learn after five or ten hours of practical classes .
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