Example sentences of "[modal v] he possibly [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What in the world could he possibly want ? |
| 2 | How could he think — how could he possibly expect that this one dramatic gesture would wipe out all that had already passed between them ? |
| 3 | The level of ambiguity which inevitably constrained Cipriani , was also to prove to be his Achilles ' heel , for , how could he possibly fulfil the nationalist aspirations of the people before he resolved the problem of how to be a patriotic West Indian , and loyal to the Empire at the same time ? |
| 4 | How could he possibly explain his presence ? |
| 5 | Could he possibly talk his way out of this situation ? |
| 6 | How in the gods ' names could he possibly benefit from this ? |
| 7 | How could he possibly tell ? |
| 8 | But how could he possibly feel happy about the role he had been given ? |
| 9 | It was doubtful she carried much money , but even so , could he possibly ignore a lady needing assistance ? |
| 10 | How could he possibly think such a thing about her — that she would not only take drugs herself , but that she 'd willingly put him in horrific danger by acting as a kind of double agent ? |
| 11 | Nor could he possibly notice her dipping hemline . |
| 12 | Randolph 's dream had just come true , how could he possibly say no to a request like that ? |
| 13 | Now that his consciousness was changed , how could he possibly have allowed himself to speculate about its identity , postpone the means of putting his mind at rest and then , ostrich-like , avoid the issue altogether ? |
| 14 | How could he possibly have done so ? |
| 15 | What reason could he possibly have for staying ? ’ |
| 16 | How could he possibly have American dentistry ? |
| 17 | How could he possibly look at her like that after the beauty they 'd just shared together ? |
| 18 | And if he was n't tempted now , how could he possibly act out his role on stage night after night without being affected ? |
| 19 | ‘ How could he possibly let a little innocent girl be bullied and tormented ? ’ |
| 20 | How could he possibly know you would be coming here ? ’ |
| 21 | How can he possibly justify cutting training which is so desperately needed by a work force without jobs such as that in Knowsley , South ? |
| 22 | I thought ‘ how can he possibly behave like that with a wound that would lay low any other soldier ? ’ |