Example sentences of "[Wh adv] [pron] could [vb infin] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Was this the only way whereby one could exert control over an over-zealous undertaker ? |
| 2 | ‘ I do n't see how I could leave Harry with Karen and come to London twice a week . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ I 'm sorry , ’ I said , wondering how I could save face , ‘ I suddenly do n't feel very well . ’ |
| 4 | Chairman , I I note with surprise the attempt by Thamesdown C A B to get extra money , and I w I would wish guidance on how I could join Devizes C A B into the same er , situation . |
| 5 | She won her place after impressing the charity with an essay about herself and how she could benefit others . |
| 6 | She did n't see how she could fit Len and herself in anywhere . |
| 7 | Juliet sat on her bed , wondering how she could get hold of the tissue-typing results — if they 'd come — without anyone being aware of who she was . |
| 8 | At Dunollie Point , where the bottom and the life varies considerably , we looked at natural navigation using the bottom , the current , the life , and at how you could use kick cycles , and time , to determine distance covered . |
| 9 | Er , I must n't be guilty of commercials but in the last council meeting of the night , again the subject came up of how we could welcome people coming to mass and this is nothing to do with a request council at all and er we ended up , and I think it 's fair to say what we decided er here , that people would individually they did n't know approach them . |
| 10 | Fairly quickly we were able , as a staff , to define how we could match requests for information and help from parents to with the experience , strengths and interests of staff . |
| 11 | ‘ In particular , we were looking at how we could export oil — if we found it — to the marketplace , ’ he continued . |
| 12 | Every time we talked about Jamila running away from home , where she could go and how we could get money to help her survive , she said , ‘ What about my mother ? ’ |
| 13 | Above all I fail to see how one could worship God or expand one 's religious sensibilities by looking to this past . |
| 14 | Mrs Hollidaye had pointed out how one could see creatures even more clearly when they were silhouetted as in a shadow cut-out . |
| 15 | This will involve an acceptance of the problem and reality of these offenders and a determination , particularly on the part of the Home Office and Department of Health , to consider how they could create policies and incentives , financial and otherwise , to encourage a shift in the right direction . |
| 16 | There 's also another problem with land reform in I ca n't really see how they could implement land reform without reverting to similar sorts of they used in which is defining class distinctions and the chaos that that causes and the problems it causes erm it is almost as if , if you go back to erm settling of accounts |
| 17 | This was how they could save time , catch up . |
| 18 | When you select an item for a programme , consider how it will contribute to your goal and how it could affect mood and outlook . |
| 19 | At this point in this kind of argument it is customary to wonder what the West — more precisely , the United States — has done wrong in the Middle East , and how it could bring improvements faster . |
| 20 | It shows how the Word could give birth to commentators ’ words , as could the castrated Origen , but gives no acceptable explanation of how it could produce Origen . |
| 21 | He had been wondering if the man suspected , wondering how he could prepare Rim for the final crushing rev elation . |
| 22 | ‘ If that was the case I found great difficulty in seeing how he could get permission from my local authority to license me , ’ he said . |
| 23 | But I was impressed , specially by how he could shape shots , and I said , ‘ This is the guy for me . ’ |
| 24 | Alejandro was so staggered by Fantasma 's progress that he decided to waive his prejudice against greys ; not so much that he was prepared to get on her back , but he spent a considerable time wondering how he could flog Fantasma to a rich patron without them finding out how vicious and unmanageable the mare could be when she was away from Luke . |
| 25 | How anyone could thread bits of bread on hooks then snag the poor buggers in the crop and just reel them in I 'll never understand . |
| 26 | ‘ Do you know where I could find details of box-office bookings ? ’ |
| 27 | I stopped two stout middle-aged women carrying laden shopping-bags and asked them if they knew where I could find rooms to rent . |
| 28 | ‘ … = where I could find Mr John Challow , ’ Ianthe said . |
| 29 | I would like to work where I could help others |
| 30 | Once Anne had accepted the fact that I was n't gon na work in the foreseeable future , and it was her choice that we stay , cos I gave her a clear choice , it was either move away where I could get work , or stay and suffer the wages of the dole like you know . |