Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [pron] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ But I do n't see 'ow I can 'elp , ’ I mumbled innocently , waiting to hear her reply . |
| 2 | That 's 'ow I can be so sure , you see . |
| 3 | That 's 'ow I can be so certain about the expression on 'is face . |
| 4 | ‘ Aah thowt as 'ow 'e 'd 'ave more sense . ’ |
| 5 | I do n't know 'ow you can talk like that to a girl that 's twenty-one . ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Aah 'm not so sure , ’ he replied , ‘ but Aah reckons as 'ow there must be . |
| 7 | There is no certainty either as to where he wrote his main English works : the treatise known as Mixed Life , giving advice to the upmarket man of affairs who also wished to create opportunities to cultivate his inner spiritual life ( one manuscript describes it as " a luitel Boc was writen to a worldli lord to teche him hou he schulde haue him in his state in ordeynd loue to god and to his euencristene " ) , and the two books of The Scale of Perfection . |
| 8 | I attended his rehearsals whenever I could . |
| 9 | After that flight , I went back to Italy and started to pick up flying lessons whenever I could , became a pilot and then , about four years ago , bought my own plane . ’ |
| 10 | To go into Cambridge at this time on our brief off-duty periods was really a life-saver and I used to go whenever I could , very often alone . |
| 11 | Whenever I could , I went out , armed with my expensive binoculars , to see what I could find in the fields or to observe the coastal birds — puffins , with the splendid red , yellow and blue bills which they shed when the mating season is over ; cormorants nesting in colonies on ledges in the cliffs ; screeching gannets and all the members of the gull family . |
| 12 | Even at school I 'd slip her into conversations whenever I could . |
| 13 | I continued to encourage Jack whenever I could and to try to put positive thoughts into his head , especially on the greens . |
| 14 | I 'd buy grams whenever I could as it 'd save me going over to Liverpool to score . |
| 15 | Whenever I could , whenever we were alone , I would kiss her , and I used to hold her hand as much as possible , even in public . |
| 16 | ‘ And deliberately provoking it whenever I could without making myself obvious . ’ |
| 17 | Whenever I could afford it you know , but erm , there was n't so much money in those days I ca n't remember exactly how much we , we used to get in for coppers you know . |
| 18 | Better give me a game gon na thrash you whenever I could of thrashed at whatever ! |
| 19 | I have to take off my shoes whenever I can . |
| 20 | ‘ I travel first class and I take Concorde whenever I can . |
| 21 | I use basmati whenever I can , and for dishes such as Chicken Pilaf it is superb . |
| 22 | I also hit him whenever I can and spit in his face . |
| 23 | They get washed whenever I can be bothered , or whenever my mother raids my bedroom . |
| 24 | Now I always glue , nail and use a solid backdrop whenever I can , I think of that episode as my ‘ belt and braces ’ lesson . |
| 25 | Yes , I have , whenever I can . |
| 26 | ‘ I am doomed to stay in this lamp , ’ replied the genie , ‘ but whenever I can , I will try to give you some helpful clues . ’ |
| 27 | Here he is , at the outset , reporting from Brussels : ‘ You must not imagine that I live richly here , for my chief food is dry bread and some potatoes or chestnuts which people here sell on the street corner , but by having a somewhat better room and by occasionally taking a somewhat better meal in a restaurant whenever I can afford it , I shall get on very well … . |
| 28 | He wanted ‘ to do what I want to do whenever I can ’ . |
| 29 | I believe in giving pleasure whenever I can , however transitory it might be . |
| 30 | He told his audience : ‘ It is a particular pleasure to be here , because I have tried very hard during the last eight or nine months to come to Stratford whenever I can . |