Example sentences of "how can i [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | How can I just ring her out of the blue and tell her that her daughter has married the first Italian she 's met , without telling any of us ? ’ |
| 2 | How can I even listen to this stuff , let alone join in ? |
| 3 | ‘ How can I honestly feel that way , knowing what he did to Mark — the way he treated him ? ’ |
| 4 | The professional 's main problem is always : how can I best help and advise these parents as they try to solve their problem ? |
| 5 | How can I safely protect my young children 's skin from the sun when on holiday ? |
| 6 | How can I ever drop my eyes as deep |
| 7 | How can I ever make that thing stay upright ? you ask yourself . |
| 8 | How can I ever stop loving him when he 's always here ? ’ |
| 9 | If minds are private , how can I ever be sure that other people have beliefs , expectations , hopes , or whatever ? |
| 10 | How can I ever leave this behind ? she wondered . |
| 11 | How can I ever escape from it ? ’ |
| 12 | " Why , " he thought , " in this country it is uncommon to see even one elephant ; how can I ever expect to find a hundred ? " |
| 13 | How can I ever become a good painter when I know so little geometry and mathematics ? |
| 14 | ‘ How can I ever treat her quite the same again' , he said . |
| 15 | How can I ever … oh , I do n't know how you could , it 's horrible . |
| 16 | How can I ever be well-prepared for anything ? |
| 17 | In the method described previously , the analyst tries to select sentences ( or passages of some other size ) whose meaning is fairly ‘ neutral ’ from the emotional point of view , and will tend to avoid material such as ‘ Why do n't you leave me alone ? ’ or ‘ How can I ever thank you enough ? ’ because the lexical meaning of the words used already makes the speaker 's attitude pretty clear , whereas sentences such as ‘ She 's going to buy it tomorrow ’ or ‘ The paper has fallen under the table ’ are less likely to prejudice the listener . |
| 18 | ‘ Until I see the entire Argentine line-up , ’ he said , ‘ how can I possibly know how I shall mark him ? ’ |
| 19 | ‘ Until I see the entire Argentine line-up , ’ he said , ‘ how can I possibly know how I shall mark him ? ’ |
| 20 | How can I possibly know this ? |
| 21 | How can I possibly make a career for myself when you keep on , nag , nag , nag , about patches of mould on the ceiling ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ How can I possibly tell the chaplain that the spirit of a dead man is trying to telephone him ? ’ |
| 23 | How can I possibly forget it ? |
| 24 | ‘ How can I possibly frustrate you ? |
| 25 | Oh for goodness sake how can I possibly see anything aye aye ! |