Example sentences of "how [pron] could " 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 | Does he accept that not only that youth 's family but many other people have a total lack of comprehension as to how someone could be hanged in this country when he was in police custody when the gun was fired and the unfortunate police officer was killed by another person ? |
| 5 | Now , I do n't understand how I could ever have thought I was fat . |
| 6 | And I was thinking awful things — like how I could get my revenge … ’ |
| 7 | Liese explained how I could look for answers ; but first , silently , I had to formulate my question . |
| 8 | ‘ I 'm sorry , ’ I said , wondering how I could save face , ‘ I suddenly do n't feel very well . ’ |
| 9 | I remembered this when one of my daughters asked how I could be so apathetic about the world and its problems . |
| 10 | Now I would be calling a solicitor to see how I could get it dissolved on the best possible terms . |
| 11 | 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 . |
| 12 | I also got really specific about the phrasing and how I could transcribe that onto the guitar . |
| 13 | ‘ 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 . |
| 14 | Could you advise me as to how I could solve this problem ? |
| 15 | ‘ 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 ’ . |
| 16 | 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 . |
| 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 | 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 . |
| 19 | He was ribbing me about how I could never score against United under him . |
| 20 | ‘ I do n't see how I could leave Harry with Karen and come to London twice a week . ’ |
| 21 | 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 . |
| 22 | I do not know how I could have coped without you and your friends here . ’ |
| 23 | He said he had always known politics was a dirty game and he could not understand how I could endure it . |
| 24 | Talei said later : ‘ I was thrilled to have found my real parents but I did n't know how I could possibly get out there . ’ |
| 25 | I did n't want to wear glasses , and I was thinking how I could get out of it but finally they brought in a bunch of pairs of glasses and I was trying them on in the mirror , and I tried on a pair and I thought , ‘ Gee , these do n't look too bad ’ . |
| 26 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 27 | I think about how I could get dressed up and go out somewhere , for a couple of hours , and just leave it all , because I get so sick of it sometimes … |
| 28 | Can you advise me on how I could repair a chip in its outer rim ? |
| 29 | 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 |
| 30 | 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 |