Example sentences of "of [pron] [pers pn] [modal v] do to " in BNC.
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| 1 | He knew why they had swept him from his horse and he was terrified of what they would do to him . |
| 2 | It is not other people or outward events that cause harmful stress , but the way we perceive such external factors and our fears of what they will do to us . |
| 3 | She hesitated , then went on in a small voice , ‘ I think I was afraid of what you could do to me . |
| 4 | ‘ How right I was , ’ she whispered , ‘ to be afraid of what you could do to me . ’ |
| 5 | I comforted myself with a few thoughts of what I would do to the culprit if I ever caught him ; realised that was highly unlikely , and headed for the golf course . |
| 6 | Her imagination jagged with tumbling violent images of what he might do to her . |
| 7 | You were right to break with him if you decided that you had made a mistake in accepting him , but oh , my dear , your uncle Orrin tells me that he dare not inform your father of the dreadful things Havvie is hinting about you for fear of what he might do to Havvie . |
| 8 | And I am more worried about what he thinks of me than of what he might do to Havvie . ’ |
| 9 | Sadly there was no mention of what it could do to a 13-year-old child . |
| 10 | And with it , the sudden fear of what it could do to the tourist trade . |