Example sentences of "how could i [vb infin] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ At the end of that , ’ she asks , ‘ how could I justify getting upset at a duffed shot ? ’ |
| 2 | How could I hope to remain unmoved ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ Then how could I have spoiled things ? ’ |
| 4 | But how could I have explained my actions to Mum , having promised to turn up and see her ? |
| 5 | How could I have believed him capable of kindness and compassion ? |
| 6 | How could I have imagined something like that ? |
| 7 | ‘ How could I have killed her , Madame ? ’ |
| 8 | I kept shouting , ‘ How could I have done it , Miss Trunchbull ? |
| 9 | How could I have done such a thing ? |
| 10 | How could I have done such a thing ? |
| 11 | How could I have seen your son Scathach in a vision , and named a land Bird Spirit Land out of my childish dreams , and arrive here to find that you know about Bird Spirit Land , and Bavduin ? |
| 12 | ‘ And since at no time have you possessed the prince 's heart , how could I have stolen it from you ? ’ |
| 13 | It 's so sincere and done with such love that you know it must be agony for them and your one thought is , ‘ Oh God , how could I have hurt these people like that ? ’ |
| 14 | How could I have forgotten ? |
| 15 | How could I have forgotten ? |
| 16 | Oh yes , thought Fergus , how could I have forgotten ? |
| 17 | ‘ How could I have forgotten Arnie ? ’ |
| 18 | ‘ How could I have forgotten the wonderfully smooth , velvety texture of your skin ? ’ he whispered huskily , raising his other hand to gently caress her soft shoulders . |
| 19 | How could I have known that detail ? |
| 20 | How could I have known it ? |
| 21 | How could I have abandoned Catherine ? |
| 22 | Lucy , how could I have abandoned people like that ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ How could I have let that bastard make love to me ? ’ she demanded violently . |
| 24 | How could I have told you ? |
| 25 | Two out of the three instances ( " I don " t believe any of that … " ( p. 71 ) and " How could I have told him that ? |
| 26 | How could I have got it so wrong when it mattered so much ? |
| 27 | She was lying on the edge of the bed far from Tom and had not known it was Tom 's bed and Tom 's room or that she was not alone , but had been cast at once , as usual , into that incredulous panic where she was asking herself , how could I have left Mike ? |
| 28 | How could I have left it in the car . |
| 29 | ‘ How could I have refused ? |
| 30 | If not , how could I begin to build up a support network ? |