Example sentences of "[pron] could [verb] [Wh adv] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I used to come up Chisenhall Street on my beat and I could tell when Birtles turned the corner . |
| 2 | I could imagine why Ilsa was not to be encouraged . |
| 3 | I am no farmer , or perhaps I could understand how wheat and potatoes can be grown at the same time in Ireland . |
| 4 | I could see why Shelley loved her — and why Byron teased her . |
| 5 | I could see how things were with him at home ; his wife was no good at her job . |
| 6 | Many books lay open , carelessly scattered about , so that I could see how Frankenstein had scribbled notes in their margins . |
| 7 | After the bizarre accuracy of 55 Days at Peking I was confident that I could predict when Brian and I would go home . |
| 8 | That was the most personally evocative thing of all , Sabine thought , wincing , and she could understand why Hugh had always shied away from clearing out his wife 's things . |
| 9 | She could understand why Isabelle had wanted none of it and chosen Les Hiboux instead . |
| 10 | She could see why Ian did too . |
| 11 | She could see her qualities ; she could see why Bob liked her . |
| 12 | Not that , given the same set of circumstances , she could see how Cara would have fared any better . |
| 13 | She was horrified ; not only because she could see how Beth had thoroughly exhausted herself , but because she had been taken on two weeks ago by Mr Miller , who had told her categorically , ‘ I do n't want Mrs Miller tackling any of the heavier domestic tasks , you understand ? |
| 14 | Erm but things like er you could see how people would lose heart with decorating , er because fairly soon after you 'd decorated , the ceiling and the wall , erm just below the heaters and above the heater , cos it was almost , well it was almost completely black . |
| 15 | We could show when design decisions were forced by that architecture , and when the systems seemed to be facing common problems . |
| 16 | It may even have been — for he was quick to spot poetic talent — that he could see where Betjeman 's true genius lay . |