Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [modal v] i [verb] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Q HOW should I revive my sickly Barberry bush ? |
| 2 | ‘ How could I do anything other than love you more as we grow older ? ’ |
| 3 | How could I tell him all the reasons for my unhappiness ! |
| 4 | How can I award it such heady status when there are railway links snaking between the mighty Alps that make the West Highland line look like Clapham junction ? |
| 5 | The limitations inherent in student work became overly familiar and he would ask , despairingly , ‘ How can I make them good ? ’ |
| 6 | How can I make it suitable to send out over the internet to anyone interested . |
| 7 | How can I feed her nourishing food when she will eat nothing ? |
| 8 | My dog is often ‘ caught short ’ , how can I keep my lively cat amused indoors ? |
| 9 | How can I remember it all ? |
| 10 | HOW CAN I INCREASE MY METABOLIC RATE ? |
| 11 | How can I get myself fit for Sunday ? |
| 12 | But why should I do her any favours and explain this , after what she 's done to me ? |
| 13 | ‘ Why should I do you any harm when it is you who are helping me ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ Why should I make it easy for you ? |
| 15 | Why should I want your filthy rotten possessions ? |
| 16 | ‘ Why should I leave my own house ? ’ |
| 17 | Why should I pay it all alone ? |
| 18 | Suppose an industrial salesperson working for an adhesives manufacturer is faced with the following objection : ‘ Why should I buy your new adhesive gun when my present method of applying adhesive — direct from the tube — is perfectly satisfactory ? ’ |
| 19 | Oh where shall I put my five hundred ? |
| 20 | And if I did , why would I send her all the way down to Somerset to take you to a cricket match ? ’ |
| 21 | The candidate whose immediate queries are along the lines of , ‘ When will I get my first pay rise ? ’ , or ‘ Will I be able to go on holiday in July ? ’ will probably not be putting the job first and certainly lacks the good sense and tact to make it appear to be the priority . |