Example sentences of "[Wh det] could [pron] [vb infin] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What could we have done ? |
| 2 | When a successful grocer was asked by a grocer 's daughter how to run the health service , what could we have expected if not a supermarket chain enterprise — open all hours . |
| 3 | What could they find to disagree about , anyway ? |
| 4 | And if they had known , what could they have done ? |
| 5 | But what could they have done ? |
| 6 | What could they have meant ? |
| 7 | What could they have found ? |
| 8 | What could you measure to show that change was occurring ( ie how could you ‘ measure ’ something or things to determine whether you were successfully meeting the aims/goals you listed for Question 1 ? |
| 9 | What could you measure to show that change was occurring ? |
| 10 | What could you do to make this relationship more loving ? |
| 11 | What could you do to make it so there was less dirt in your bucket ? ’ , children were nearly always correct . |
| 12 | What could you stop doing , or devote less time to , or ask someone else to do ? |
| 13 | What could you have done that would aid you remembering ? |
| 14 | What could you have done out there ? |
| 15 | After all , what could he expect to find ? |
| 16 | What could he do to break free of such phantasms ? |
| 17 | What could he have suspected ? |
| 18 | What could he have said to them ? |
| 19 | But what could he have had that they wanted ? ’ |
| 20 | Now what could he have meant ? |
| 21 | PEG : What could I do to stop you troubling ? |
| 22 | PEG ( without looking at Abberley ) : What could I do to cheer you up ? |
| 23 | ‘ What could I have done ? ’ he said , casually . |
| 24 | Anyway , what could I have done ? |
| 25 | What could I have done to make Justin holier than thou , say anything like that ? |
| 26 | ‘ What could I have said ? |
| 27 | ‘ What could I have to gain , other than making the best of a bad bargain ? ’ |
| 28 | But then , what could I have expected ? |
| 29 | ‘ What could she have done to you ? ’ |
| 30 | So what could she have done to have got around him ? |