Example sentences of "[coord] what [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or what about 4-META ( pronounced 4-mee-ta as in cheetah ) , currently used in some dental fillings to promote adhesion to teeth . |
| 2 | ‘ Or what about the women who work in the offices where these calendars are stuck up ? ’ |
| 3 | Or what about this constructive comment penned by a biologist reviewing a grant proposal . |
| 4 | The Butterfly and Natural World Centre ( 7 ) and the National Birds of Prey Centre ( 6 ) are close by ; or what about a trip to one of the local vineyards or ‘ pick your own ’ farms . |
| 5 | Or what about replaying the speech conceding defeat ? |
| 6 | Or what about your mum , Ella , think she might like to come up and join the hen party ? ’ |
| 7 | and then just generally play with it say , Oh I wonder what would happen if you put two thirds together , how many twelfths would that be or what about if you had a third and you wanted to take a quarter away , if you cut a quarter off it . |
| 8 | Or what about a W.A.A.F. ? |
| 9 | Or what about Bruiser Dalziel ? |
| 10 | Or what about the Irish Republic ? |
| 11 | ‘ He sometimes had telephone calls but who from or what about I do n't know . |
| 12 | Or what about the newspaper headline : " Religious mania behind terrorism ? " |
| 13 | Or what about the Bosporus ; the last traditional boat used to umpire the races at the regatta . |
| 14 | Or what about Classical Ballet , Jazz Dance , Contemporary Dance , Scottish and Irish Folk Dance , Indian , Balinese , Tribal or Belly Dancing ? |
| 15 | Towards the end of his reign , in the ordinance of the forest of 1306 , the king speaks of being confronted ‘ with the inspection of human weakness ’ and the wide burdens that fell upon him , he being ‘ inwardly tormented with divers compunctions , tossed about by the waves of divers thoughts ’ , and being ‘ frequently troubled , passing sleepless nights , … hesitating in our inmost soul upon what ought to be done , what to be held , or what to be presented ’ ; ‘ about this chiefly is our mind busied without intermission , that we may prepare the pleasantness of ease and quiet for our subjects dwelling in our realm , in whose quiet we have some rest , and in their tranquillity we are inwardly cherished with odours of satisfaction and the flowers of hoped-for peace . ’ |
| 16 | They want to know how or what for , about every thing , then at the end they say ‘ Rubbish ! ’ and they tease and tell other people . |
| 17 | And then we dismantle the Rante and sell or use the materials — I do n't know quite how or what for yet but , first , sleep and dream . " |
| 18 | In most cases you do not need to change your environment or what at present is your life or your job . |
| 19 | Instead of local authorities having the inherent right , or what in England is called the common law right , to conduct their affairs as they wished , it became established that local authorities could only do those things which Parliament had authorised them to do . |
| 20 | A person who knows about the different audio-visual and programmed formats , how they work , how they can be repaired , or what in general they are capable of . |
| 21 | We think of the spoken language , the written language , what in practice do you mean by ‘ language ’ , is it an instruction you type on a keyboard , or what in terms of a computer ? |
| 22 | ‘ And what with the tunnel and the European Market , what 'll be left of England ? |
| 23 | It could be just another trap and what with Mr Bishop and Gazzer , there had been too many of those lately . |
| 24 | What with Anna being such a charmer and what with the fact that he is now sleeping with her , he does his level best to find some small saving grace in her writing , something he can praise without hypocrisy . |
| 25 | And I 'm there bouncing up and down and what with the heat of the sun and the smell — I tell you , mate , it feels like days . |
| 26 | ‘ Well , we certainly thought we were climbing , the wife and me , you know with all that pulling ourselves up over the rock and all , and what with the fact we were , well , in a manner of speaking , how can I put this , em , climbing up to the top . ’ |
| 27 | How and what with , Nutty could not imagine , but that was n't her department . |
| 28 | The whole of the works is very satisfactorily protected by a well laid high pressure system of water mains and hydrants and what with this and the excellent brigade , the risk of excessive damage by fire is reduced to a minimum . |
| 29 | But perhaps he had been tired , and what with hearing so much about the wretched Monument … |
| 30 | The sun shone over everything , sparkling on the water , and what with that and her own tears it seemed to Ruth that the sea was scattered with diamonds . |