Example sentences of "[Wh adv] he [modal v] [verb] [noun sg] " in BNC.
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1 | Mr Smith did not say how he would meet manifesto commitments without extra borrowing or taxes if growth were not as strong as the Chancellor had forecast . |
2 | He talked wildly about shame and guilt , and how he would give part of the money he 'd inherited to his wife and to you , and use the rest to escape from England with the girl he loved . |
3 | He was saying how he used to stand awestruck in the Sugar House and listen to you all night long ! |
4 | It beats me how he can describe opposition to military occupation as ‘ aggression ’ . |
5 | And how he can afford match fees or anything , cos he 's never paid us a penny , I du n no , but |
6 | He had been wondering if the man suspected , wondering how he could prepare Rim for the final crushing rev elation . |
7 | ‘ 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 . |
8 | The right hon. and learned Gentleman nodded when I asked him the same question earlier , but he has not said how he will ensure fairness between schools and therefore , no discrimination against students with special needs . |
9 | The verderers had horses and within an hour or so could be carrying him back to some village outside the forest where he would have attention . |
10 | From this distance Bourke says he was unable to contact Blake by radio and therefore he would drive to Old Oak Common Lane , park his car and then walk across Old Oak Common with his radio to a point dose to the north side of the prison from where he could re-establish contact , lying down in the grass so that he would not be seen . |
11 | The stranger was led back through the empty trains to the car shed pits where he could gain access to the street . |
12 | He no longer needed a tutor : Walahfrid was paid off with the abbacy of Reichenau , where he could help hold Alemannia against Louis the German . |
13 | I keep trying to suggest where he could get work . |
14 | There he knew places where he could get opium — dark , evil places where people bought and sold the beautiful , terrible dreams of opium . |
15 | ‘ The learner can be placed in situations where he must use language as an instrument for satisfying immediate criteria , and where the criterion for success is functional effectiveness rather than structural accuracy . ’ |
16 | Either he 'll be dead or he 'll have found some place where he can make money quicker . ’ |
17 | If the patient is at the stage where he can write business or personal letters , he will probably prefer to use a modern electric machine or word-processor so that he can correct any errors easily and neatly . |
18 | It is also the reason why he could lay claim to a rich blend of cultures , having an excellent grasp of the European legal system and Arabic poetry and customs . |
19 | Old Mr Pascall saw no reason why he should make life easy for a gossiping female and made her hold on , while he sold two ballpoint pens and a packet of rubber bands . |
20 | I did not see why he should have piano lessons when I was told I was too young ; so I hid behind the curtains and listened to what he was being taught . |
21 | Living rough : Stewart has been on the streets in Edinburgh for three years , sleeping wherever he can find shelter and surviving on a mixture of benefits and begging . |