Example sentences of "could [pron] [vb infin] [pn reflx] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The sole remaining question was could I adapt myself to my environment ? |
| 2 | How could I humiliate myself like this ? |
| 3 | I was shattered , but how could I defend myself by explaining that his hitherto unsuspected mistress had just rung me up to spill the beans ? ’ |
| 4 | Then suddenly there was this group of people who asserted that not only could you commit yourself to a member of your own sex , they were actually doing it . |
| 5 | Could you kill yourself by putting your fingers into the electric socket ? |
| 6 | How could she describe herself as a revolutionary , a serious person , if she were a thief ? |
| 7 | But how far , even as an occasional visitor , could he isolate himself from the community , from their private tragedies no less than their dinner parties ? |
| 8 | But could he define himself without demystifying himself , breaking the magical spell that united de Gaulle and France ? |
| 9 | He could do nothing , nor could he apply himself to thinking about her case . |
| 10 | How could he allow himself to be diverted , when her integrity was at stake ? |