Example sentences of "i could [verb] [Wh adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I wept buckets , wrote to him , telephoned his mother — did everything I could to explain how devastated I felt . |
| 2 | The frenzied excavations of a wooing mole gripped by spring fever were evident and , acting blind , I could feel how close together were positioned his little hills of excavated earth . |
| 3 | like somebody I could mention Where is everyone today , there 's so few people are n't there ? |
| 4 | I used to come up Chisenhall Street on my beat and I could tell when Birtles turned the corner . |
| 5 | I could sense how badly Foo wanted the Eddie . |
| 6 | I , I , do you know I wish , I just wish that I could explain how I feel , but I ca n't . |
| 7 | I could guess why he might have had trouble with the sort of people Barbara described : she said she had watched what happened but the men had not spotted her . |
| 8 | I could guess why , though . |
| 9 | ‘ Perhaps I could learn how to give dinner parties . |
| 10 | You know , er , Oh I wish I could learn how to change a p put on a plug properly . |
| 11 | Maybe I could learn how to be really horrible . |
| 12 | ‘ I could ask where each of you were today but what 's the use ? ’ |
| 13 | I could imagine why Ilsa was not to be encouraged . |
| 14 | If I could understand why they accept such cruelty , I could understand why there is so much violence here . |
| 15 | If I could understand why they accept such cruelty , I could understand why there is so much violence here . |
| 16 | There was no way that I could understand whereby he could exist . |
| 17 | I am no farmer , or perhaps I could understand how wheat and potatoes can be grown at the same time in Ireland . |
| 18 | I could understand how she felt ; I realized that anyone who convinced herself that , when she took the holy biscuit she was uniting herself with God , would find it easy to convince herself that in death she would be united with her daughter . |
| 19 | Which I wish I could understand how you can bear . |
| 20 | It was a nice flat with a good view and as I let myself into Stuart Street , I wished I could remember how to find it again . |
| 21 | I was mesmerized by that mouth , by the sharp edges of white teeth I could see when she smiled . |
| 22 | They were entitled to eat after the last sitting in the central dining car , Emil said , rinsing glasses , but usually they went only for dinner , if then ; I could see why , as after the sandwiches on that first day we ate the all-too-few left-over portions of the Lucullan lunch we had served . |
| 23 | ‘ Yeah , but you can imagine the problems that Gus would have at that time , and I could see why he would react like that . |
| 24 | In a moment I could see why . |
| 25 | He was obviously destined for the professional ranks and as I watched him I could see why . |
| 26 | I could see why Shelley loved her — and why Byron teased her . |
| 27 | I could see why . |
| 28 | That dog had problems , but living there , I could see why . |
| 29 | I could see why he was angry : the windscreen of the Shogun was well-smeared with yellow paint and he 'd obviously reacted by turning on the windscreen-wipers , the worst thing he could have done . |
| 30 | I could see why — and hear . |