Example sentences of "[Wh det] could [pron] [vb infin] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ Once we knew we had a daughter someplace out there , what could we do but try to find her ? ’ they said . |
| 2 | What could we change that half into so that we could one sixth to it ? |
| 3 | What could one do but applaud his decision ? |
| 4 | with the ineffable modesty that , because he stood in the direct line of the Apostolic Succession , he had a better right to preach the Gospel and to administer the Sacraments , and was more a minister of Christ than Dr Dale or Mr Spurgeon or Henry Ward Beecher … what could they do but laugh ? |
| 5 | But what could you do if you saw one , he used to wonder , who would you report it to ? |
| 6 | What could you smell and taste during the fight ? |
| 7 | What could he do but pray — to the utterly remote , barely imaginable Emperor ? |
| 8 | If his heart does n't give out , thought Frances , for Miss Greedy Eyes dropped her hands and boogied away and what could he do but follow , flinging his arms and legs up and down like a puppet . |
| 9 | What could I do but be gallant and adore ? |
| 10 | Well he er he asked where I 'd been working and what could I do and and I was young then aye . |
| 11 | In her heart of hearts she still suspected that it was , but the charmed garden of Sebastian and his friends opened to her so easily , so seductively , that what could she do but step inside ? |
| 12 | What could she say but , ‘ I believe you , Dr Neil , and I really must go , or … ’ |