Example sentences of "see [Wh adv] [pron] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | He did not see how we could possibly do so under modern conditions . ' |
| 2 | ‘ And I do n't see how we could have just driven around in a circle . |
| 3 | I can not see how they could be established in British literary education , where there are no graduate schools as such , and the narrow , uphill tunnel of A-level work leads on to the rocky , cloudy uplands of the undergraduate degree , with its confused mixture of practical criticism and thematic study , analysis and literary history , coverage and special subjects . |
| 4 | ‘ In virtually every respect , I ca n't see how they could have done better . ’ |
| 5 | I do n't see how they could have caused an explosion . |
| 6 | They can not see how they could begin to generalise about approaches to women in development that could be useful since women are represented in rich and poor , rural and urban , educated and uneducated , all ethnic , religious , cultural , tribal and other groupings . |
| 7 | They could n't see how they could go wrong . |
| 8 | There 's also another problem with land reform in I ca n't really see how they could implement land reform without reverting to similar sorts of they used in which is defining class distinctions and the chaos that that causes and the problems it causes erm it is almost as if , if you go back to erm settling of accounts |
| 9 | Yeah yeah well you see what he said was he could not see how they could warrant him that sixty odd come as interest justify doing it . |
| 10 | And if you can think of that , you can repackage your particular thing not in terms of your own interests and ideas and so forth , but you can package it in such a way that it 's intriguing , or at the very least , the people who are going you hope will use it can actually see how they could use it . |
| 11 | If it is accepted that we are in possession of logically adequate criteria of particular-identification , I do not see how one could deny that such criteria are ever fulfilled ; for how else would we know that they are indeed adequate ? |
| 12 | She was longing for a drink — some of her emergency ration of scotch — but she did not see how she could have one herself without also offering one to her visitor , something she had no intention of doing . |
| 13 | I do n't see how she could ever be Queen . |
| 14 | Offers continued to roll in , some so tempting that I did not see how she could refuse them , but with four children now of whom none was over twelve , she was adamant that she wished to be with them , and this meant that we could move further afield . |
| 15 | Nor did she see how she could explain here , now . |
| 16 | Then she said , ‘ I do n't see how she could have turned you down — knowing how you felt about her . ’ |
| 17 | She did n't see how she could fit Len and herself in anywhere . |
| 18 | I could n't see how she could be lovable . |
| 19 | Except that that kiss and her response to it had taken her so much by surprise that , even in hindsight , she did not see how she could have forestalled it . |
| 20 | Close up he could see how she could n't possibly be a rival , whatever they did with wigs and make-up , but that voice was alarming ; or was it ? |
| 21 | In particular , I do not see how there could have been an appeal against such an assessment pursuant to paragraph 10(3) of Schedule 20 ; because such an appeal presupposes an assessment which , apart from the impugned error , would otherwise have been valid . |
| 22 | ‘ Anyway , ’ she said with a frown , ‘ I do n't see how there could be a connection . |
| 23 | ‘ I do n't see how I could leave Harry with Karen and come to London twice a week . ’ |
| 24 | This was the Luton Post Office murder , and although , in view of my long labours on the Meehan case , I had resolved not to take up any more cases , this was one that I did not see how I could refuse . |
| 25 | ‘ Oh , I think an investigation into the bogus account will be very revealing , I do n't see how I could have managed to go on robbing the customers from inside Swansea Jail , you should have stopped when you were ahead , Spencer . ’ |
| 26 | I wish I could suggest a meeting before I go , but it 's all happened so suddenly I just ca n't see how I could fit it in . |
| 27 | So I could not see how I could get away . |
| 28 | I 've been thinking that you ought to get away from here for a bit , but I do n't quite see how I could leave the hospital just now . |
| 29 | ‘ I do n't see how I could have . ’ |
| 30 | Even if I did , I do n't see how I could silence her . |