Example sentences of "what can [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But what can they think of him ? |
| 2 | ‘ Oh , Christ , what can they do ? ’ said bitter experience . |
| 3 | Sure what can they do ? ’ |
| 4 | What can they Do to solve the problems or choose strategies for action ? |
| 5 | But if soldiers ca n't do that , what can they do ? ’ |
| 6 | Well what can they do about it . |
| 7 | Disgraceful is n't it , but what can they do ? |
| 8 | That 's the new team … so what are their plans … what do they believe in … what can they do for Oxford United … |
| 9 | With three million unemployed , what can they do ? |
| 10 | What can they do ? |
| 11 | Everybody 's saying now , that it looks as if the Labour are now good , but what can they do to us Ded ? |
| 12 | All about the Klingon Empire diminishing and what can they do about it ? |
| 13 | What can they tell us about the nature of an economy ? |
| 14 | ‘ What can they want ? ’ |
| 15 | What can they suggest about the character 's background and personality ? |
| 16 | What can they hope to achieve ? |
| 17 | " But what can they prove ? |
| 18 | So 1799 was a signal year for W. C. T. in more ways than one : he was now a respectable businessman with a respectable wife , and a Freeman of the City to boot — what can they have thought of all that back in Pig Street , Frome ? |
| 19 | What can they say ? |
| 20 | But what can they say ? |
| 21 | What can they say ? ’ |
| 22 | Morgan ( 1975 : 442 ) asks ‘ What can we infer about the speaker 's intentions from the fact that he has chosen this particular description , rather than any of the others which would call to mind the same referent ? ’ |
| 23 | Moreover the teacher asks , What can we make ? requiring competent guidance and help with the variety of productive and reprographic equipment and facilities available , from the standpoints both of technical excellence and educational design . |
| 24 | The powers attaching to a Prime Minister are considerable , but what can we make of the thesis about prime ministerial government ? |
| 25 | What can we make of this perspective on British politics ? |
| 26 | What can we make of the corporatist perspective on British politics , and just how stable is the pattern of politics which is suggested by those who point to close collaborative arrangements between particular interests and the state in pursuit of ever more state intervention ? |
| 27 | What can we make of this pattern and can we suggest dates for the elements within it ? |
| 28 | What can we make of that ? ’ |
| 29 | The same teacher then asks : What can we borrow from elsewhere ? requiring a system for identifying the existence of other collections and their major contents , for arranging loan services from them , and supervising the use and return of borrowed items . |
| 30 | I am sure that all these thrusting executives are not going to kick away this trusty old crutch and fob millions of women off with something unsuitable like , oh , say , ( what can we think of ? ) a string of old Irishmen singing maudlin songs for hours on end . ’ |