Example sentences of "how [pron] [noun sg] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | Good Lord , it was wonderful how my master could read my mind ! |
| 2 | All questioned how its role could add to that newly reaffirmed by Cadbury of non-executive directors on audit committees , and who would be found to sit on it . |
| 3 | Her solicitor , James Littlehales said : ‘ She 's very very distressed and finds it very difficult to understand how her daughter could do such a thing . |
| 4 | At least , Mrs Huntley thought hopefully , she had stopped wondering , unbecomingly and stridently , how her uncle could have been fooled by Angela Morgan . |
| 5 | She looked to the young man as if for reassurance , and he smiled back and nodded for Ellie to go on in , which she did without , much to her surprise , suddenly finding herself sitting upright at home in bed , clutching her thin bedding around her and wondering how her mind could imagine such things . |
| 6 | How her mother could be cheerful at seven in the morning , Jenny would never know . |
| 7 | Mr X was found guilty and sentenced in May 1981 , and it is difficult for anyone who reads the story as laid out in the pages of the BBPS to see how his guilt could have been established beyond reasonable doubt , in view of the conflicting scientific evidence . |
| 8 | Olivier had in fact been making casual suggestions to Douglas as to how his role could be improved and Douglas , in awe of Olivier , allowed the knighted actor to write his own lines . |
| 9 | Even in private conversation he would explain how his client could not possibly have broken into the house in the way of which he was accused , because he was far too drunk at the time , and so on . |
| 10 | It seemed to Alexei as he considered it that a great deal of effort must be required to sustain such a relationship , and he could not imagine how his father could be bothered with it , or how the women could be content . |
| 11 | it made us wonder how our culture could have drifted so far astray , leaving women often isolated and devalued . |
| 12 | Ring Chris Vaughan on and find out how our investment could pay dividends for you . |
| 13 | Everyone knows that English food is terrible , she stated : soggy boiled vegetables in white sauce , overcooked meat , I do n't know how your mother could stand it , having to go and eat stuff like that . |
| 14 | ‘ I wonder how your mother could ever have come to live with Viola , ’ said Greg . |