Example sentences of "how [pron] could [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She cleaned up the room , did not even hear his curses , and thought how nothing could affect her any longer . |
| 2 | I think of [ name ] and how someone could do that to a wee woman like that . |
| 3 | She stole into the kitchen to find Sabina and beg some hot water in secret , before the others found her out ; Sabina giggled and her eyes flicked from side to side as Rosa described how she must have sleep-walked , how dangerous it was , how someone could have accidentally woken her and she might have fallen down , without being able to put out a hand to stop her fall , and died . |
| 4 | Even if I did , I do n't see how I could silence her . |
| 5 | I also got really specific about the phrasing and how I could transcribe that onto the guitar . |
| 6 | 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 . |
| 7 | ‘ Jealous people asking how I could earn such money on a government salary . ’ |
| 8 | Can you advise me on how I could repair a chip in its outer rim ? |
| 9 | the was that the first one was was more or less science orientated an I I , I looked at it and thought how how I could how I could make it such that it was common |
| 10 | ‘ I knew how I could make you feel , ’ he corrected , ‘ but there 's a great deal of difference between bodily chemistry and love . |
| 11 | He said he had always known politics was a dirty game and he could not understand how I could endure it . |
| 12 | But this did not mean I was happy with it , or knew , precisely , when and how I could carry it out . |
| 13 | If you want to know how I could tell that from the seventh floor , you have to remember I 'm supposed to be a detective . |
| 14 | 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 . |
| 15 | ‘ I do n't see how I could leave Harry with Karen and come to London twice a week . ’ |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 17 | But I expect that you all want to know how I could do it — how I could have walked in and scooped up this yummy young man from the arms of his loving and lawful wife . |
| 18 | God knows how much there still is down there ; I 've seen great stacks and bales of it still with the Royal Navy markings on it , and I 've dreamed up any number of ways of getting at it , but short of tunnelling in from the shed and taking the cordite out from the back , so that the bales looked untouched from the inside of the cellar , I do n't see how I could do it . |
| 19 | Liese explained how I could look for answers ; but first , silently , I had to formulate my question . |
| 20 | The shelves are full of wonderful food at this time of year and I thought of how I could binge and throw up all day long . |
| 21 | Could you advise me as to how I could solve this problem ? |
| 22 | But I expect that you all want to know how I could do it — how I could have walked in and scooped up this yummy young man from the arms of his loving and lawful wife . |
| 23 | I do not know how I could have coped without you and your friends here . ’ |
| 24 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 25 | I raised my hand to my eyes wondering how I could have hit it so hard . |
| 26 | ‘ I do n't see how I could have . ’ |
| 27 | I could n't understand it , could n't understand how I could have found myself so violently drawn to someone so … ’ |
| 28 | Has anybody any idea how I could have unscribed without knowing it ? |
| 29 | I now ask myself how I could have been so daft . |
| 30 | ‘ I 'm sorry , ’ I said , wondering how I could save face , ‘ I suddenly do n't feel very well . ’ |