Example sentences of "[coord] [verb] what could " in BNC.

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1 This showed how very different everything was from the situation that had developed in England over the course of centuries , and colonial developments always gave Englishmen the idea that they were moving into empty land and seeing what could be made out of it .
2 George elected himself to go and see what could be done in the way of sample jars and presently returned with gifts from the Chinese cook in the dome car , in the shape of four rinsed-out plastic tomato-sauce bottles rescued from the rubbish bin .
3 Wallace came on shortly before time and showed what could have been with some fast ground-oriented attacking .
4 Commenting on the changes , a BR spokeswoman said : ‘ Darlington was a forerunner of similar schemes throughout the country and showed what could be achieved when local authorities got together with British Rail . ’
5 If you continue , you 'll spoil the surprises and terrors to come and ruin what could be some of the best adventuring you 'll ever have .
6 She watched as his eyes fell to her mouth and knew what could so easily come next .
7 During the critical weeks of growing unrest and public strike , he and I were in daily touch , trying to understand the situation and see what could be done to solve the difficulties .
8 She even promised she would speak to Albert and see what could be done in the way of money .
9 And get back to the designs and see what could be improved upon and what have you .
10 1 we examined the purposes of research into materials and considered what could be termed the theoretical , the practical and the analytical approaches to materials research .
11 Rain thought this unusually malicious for Wainfleet and wondered what could possibly be behind it .
12 Neighbours looked up at the dark windows at night and wondered what could be hidden there , under dust sheets .
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