Example sentences of "[Wh adv] i could " in BNC.
Next page| No | Sentence |
|---|---|
| 1 | I attended his rehearsals whenever I could . |
| 2 | 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 . ’ |
| 3 | 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 . |
| 4 | 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 . |
| 5 | Even at school I 'd slip her into conversations whenever I could . |
| 6 | I continued to encourage Jack whenever I could and to try to put positive thoughts into his head , especially on the greens . |
| 7 | I 'd buy grams whenever I could as it 'd save me going over to Liverpool to score . |
| 8 | 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 . |
| 9 | ‘ And deliberately provoking it whenever I could without making myself obvious . ’ |
| 10 | 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 . |
| 11 | Better give me a game gon na thrash you whenever I could of thrashed at whatever ! |
| 12 | I tried to find a method whereby I could seize the effect of motion … how to arrest a movement in a few bold strokes , catching the passing moment and finding new forms … my goal was always to express emotion and experience with large and simple forms and clear colours ’ . |
| 13 | Now , I do n't understand how I could ever have thought I was fat . |
| 14 | And I was thinking awful things — like how I could get my revenge … ’ |
| 15 | Liese explained how I could look for answers ; but first , silently , I had to formulate my question . |
| 16 | ‘ I 'm sorry , ’ I said , wondering how I could save face , ‘ I suddenly do n't feel very well . ’ |
| 17 | I remembered this when one of my daughters asked how I could be so apathetic about the world and its problems . |
| 18 | Now I would be calling a solicitor to see how I could get it dissolved on the best possible terms . |
| 19 | I could n't understand how I could possibly make the individual pine-needles knit ; it was like trying to carry grain in a net , or water in a cloth . |
| 20 | I also got really specific about the phrasing and how I could transcribe that onto the guitar . |
| 21 | ‘ But one day I was sitting at home , doodling around the 12th fret and trying to figure out how I could play in a minor key without having to retune the guitar . |
| 22 | Could you advise me as to how I could solve this problem ? |
| 23 | ‘ Cypress Hill are smoking funk , and they 've rolled it into a fat album featuring ‘ How I Could Just Kill A Man ’ and ‘ Hand On The Pump ’ . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | 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 . |
| 26 | 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 . |
| 27 | He was ribbing me about how I could never score against United under him . |
| 28 | ‘ I do n't see how I could leave Harry with Karen and come to London twice a week . ’ |
| 29 | 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 . |
| 30 | I do not know how I could have coped without you and your friends here . ’ |