Example sentences of "what he [vb mod] [vb infin] [prep] [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He never knew , from one meeting to the next , what he might discover in her and it astonished him . |
| 2 | Her imagination jagged with tumbling violent images of what he might do to her . |
| 3 | I try even harder not to think about what he might do to me if he ever got the chance . |
| 4 | Culley felt the anger , but had little idea what he might do about it . |
| 5 | Or what he might say to her … |
| 6 | He wanted to find her , certainly , but not so much because of his job as a reporter , rather because of what he might learn from her . |
| 7 | ‘ Well — I do n't know what he 'll do with them , do I ? |
| 8 | Oliver whispered to Rain : ‘ I wonder what he 'll do with it ? |
| 9 | Across the road in Parliament in the late sixties , as Wilson , Castle and Crossman wore themselves out in the cause , as they saw it , of a more modern and socially just Britain , there sat in the Leader of the Opposition 's office a man who not only shared the Jenkins view of workload but was planning exactly what he would do about it if the electorate gave him his chance . |
| 10 | He dropped the wig into the papyrus-chest , wondering what he would do with it , and whose head it had adorned before Nubenehem had come by it . |
| 11 | He considered what he would ask of her . |
| 12 | Well is that what he would see with you or would he just see what you 're wearing and , what would he see ? |
| 13 | He was already thinking of what he would write to her as he turned into the main road : |
| 14 | ‘ When I went to him , I had no idea that what he would say to me might bring him within the sphere of our investigation . ’ |
| 15 | He dressed quickly , all the time arguing fiercely with himself , working out possible conversations with his mother , and what he would say to her , the devastating arguments he would present … and all the time he knew that she would say her piece and he would agree . |
| 16 | He was pacing back and forth , mulling over what he would say to her , when the biology student knocked at his door for the loan of a shilling for the gas-meter . |
| 17 | And he had no idea of where to go , and how to find her — nor of what he would say to her when he did find her , either at the embassy or anywhere else she might have gone . |
| 18 | There was no knowing what he 'd do with it . |
| 19 | Well that 's what he 'd say to me , why did n't find out first ? |
| 20 | She would walk the half-mile or so , and if Luke did n't like the idea then he knew exactly what he could do about it . |
| 21 | He reminded himself of the details and exulted as he saw what he could do with it . |
| 22 | By six o'clock , when even the tail-enders of the department had gone , Leith had swung from wanting with everything she had to hang on to her job , to be furious enough with the man who was making her sweat it out to tell him exactly what he could do with it . |
| 23 | He would see what he could do for her . |
| 24 | You know that he stopped by the villa every day asking what he could do for me , offering lifts , bringing books , staying to talk . |
| 25 | Ludo notices it for the first time , and asks what he can do for me . |
| 26 | No , know what he can do with it you 'll have to hoover up here in a minute Clare , get all this tobacco off , I 'm only joking , girl |
| 27 | ‘ I 'll cable it straight to George and see what he can make of it . |
| 28 | If a composer remembers to keep this audience entertained , think what he can say to them all at the same time . |
| 29 | He is not the sort of man you wait to see what he will do to you . |
| 30 | I will , of course , but I do n't know what he will make of it . ’ |