Example sentences of "[to-vb] [Wh det] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | She was torn between the urge to dance around saying ‘ Nah , nah — he did n't come , ’ and an inclination to draw Sam 's head upon her shoulder and stroke her hair soothingly : it was impossible to know which would have maddened Sam more . |
| 2 | This duty means for example that a solicitor must always tell the client of anything he or she happens to know which might prejudice a client 's case . |
| 3 | This duty means for example that a solicitor must always tell the client of anything he or she happens to know which might prejudice a client 's case . |
| 4 | This duty means for example that a solicitor must always tell the client of anything he or she happens to know which might prejudice a client 's case . |
| 5 | This duty means for example that a solicitor must always tell the client of anything he or she happens to know which might prejudice a client 's case . |
| 6 | The author also hinted yesterday at fresh scandals to come which would damage Prince Charles ' reputation so badly that he could never become King . |
| 7 | It was back in 1972 and we were testing the waters , talking about this new magazine we wanted to launch which would campaign for an end to world poverty . |
| 8 | I 'd like to know what would happen then . ’ |
| 9 | And again and again , on my side , I wanted to know what would happen to us . |
| 10 | ‘ If this is what it 's like to be under your protection , I 'd bloody well like to know what would happen if I were n't ! ’ |
| 11 | ‘ Gradually I got to know what would work , it caught the mood , the shadows held up and the grain was soft , it was like a pastel painting . |
| 12 | You do n't need to see the film to know what 'll happen . |
| 13 | Children read a wide variety of things , from the back of the cereal packet to The Dandy , from a page of the daily newspaper to something written by Roald Dahl , and who is to know what will trigger off ideas , possibilities , expectations , or activity ? |
| 14 | You are entitled to know what will happen if you transgress again . |
| 15 | He writes because ‘ if I do n't write , I suffer ’ ; he writes because he wants to know what will happen in his book ; he is , he says , his ‘ own reader ’ , prey to a phenomenon : automatic writing . |
| 16 | If you are confused about what has happened or curious to know what will happen to a topic , consult the index ; if I have got it right , the index will tell you the story . |
| 17 | He would like to hear any information available on AEAs preferred strategy for privatisation and would like to know what will happen over terms and conditions for staff when Government division and Commercial division diverge . |
| 18 | The trouble is that no-one appears to know what will happen after the Olympics and whether if by then the United Nations ' blacklist will preclude British members of the Tour from competing in certain countries . |
| 19 | Since the Shadow is the complement of our conscious self , it is easy to guess what might lurk in the darkness . |
| 20 | Instead he tried to guess what might have been said . |
| 21 | They came to Corman 's office to establish what would become a lifelong , though intermittent , friendship between them and Nicholson . |
| 22 | It is therefore of importance to establish what will constitute a pecuniary interest . |
| 23 | A contractor could use the actual performance when not working under claim conditions to establish what should have been foreseeable . |
| 24 | The Institute of Employment Research at Warwick University recently carried out a number of macroeconomic simulations to discover what would happen if Britain installed sufficient microelectronic technology to improve its rate of productivity growth by 1 per cent relative to its competitors . |
| 25 | Laboratory experiments were made in the 1950s to discover what might happen to these particular chemical constituents under such conditions . |
| 26 | She digressed , running through in her mind the bag 's contents to discover what could have interested him . |
| 27 | In the meantime we have to find what will suit us best . ’ |
| 28 | These codes apply to conduct which may involve risk issues as well as other situations , and members may be held to account for behaviour which falls short of the required standard . |
| 29 | Hitler 's policy was clever : to keep Romania and Hungary in competition with each other to see which could make the greater territorial gains . |
| 30 | To Captain Cochin on the Mort Homme , it seemed as if the two artilleries were playing some idiotic game with each other , to see which could cause the most damage to the two unhappy lines of infantrymen . |