Example sentences of "what [modal v] [pron] [adv] [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What could we possibly gain by undermining each other 's self-confidence ? |
| 2 | What could we possibly have in common except our situation ? |
| 3 | What could she possibly say to a beauty with thick hair down to her waist , wearing bright clothes , and gold bracelets up her arm ? |
| 4 | What could she possibly see in him to make her want him , except , as on that one night , out of gratitude , pity , curiosity or boredom ? |
| 5 | Ah , but what would they then do with all the vinyl stock ? |
| 6 | What would you rather like to be doing ? , would you , if you 're bored here , what would you really liked to be ? |
| 7 | There 's an obvious thing really that erm if someone dictates something to you and you have to repeat that word for word what would you normally do by |
| 8 | And when these poor fools won their vote what would it really mean to them but the right to choose their own oppressors ? |
| 9 | What would anyone ever do with Steve ? |
| 10 | What can we then learn from literature and journalism ? |
| 11 | Beyond the obvious success ( relative ) of much recent Italian fiction , from Calvino to Tabucchi , from Eco to De Carlo , there surfaces from time to time the obstinate question , What can we now ask of literature , fiction in particular ? |
| 12 | I 'm not blaming her , it is n't her fault , locked away up there , miles from anywhere but , I ask you , Constance , what can she possibly know about the realities of life in 1945 ? |
| 13 | Well , what can you primarily infer from the words ? |
| 14 | ‘ But what can you possibly tell from the bodies , especially now ? ’ |
| 15 | ‘ Okay then what can I really do for you ? — or did you just want to talk about old times ? ’ |