Example sentences of "what [vb mod] [pron] [adv] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And what must we not say to Feargal ? ’ he asked from the doorway . |
| 2 | What must he now think ? |
| 3 | As Cecil said , ‘ But what should I now call back yesterday ? ’ |
| 4 | And thirdly , his world contained a great number of Christian knights , professional warriors , lords of unrule : if he could but find a holy cause , a just war , God 's war , for them to engage in outside the frontiers of Europe , what might they not achieve , what peace might not come to Christendom ? |
| 5 | ‘ What might I not have done if I 'd had my own clubs for the first two rounds ? ’ |
| 6 | What could we possibly gain by undermining each other 's self-confidence ? |
| 7 | What could we possibly have in common except our situation ? |
| 8 | What could they possibly mean ? |
| 9 | What could you possibly think is wrong with my brother 's temperament ? ’ |
| 10 | What could he not accomplish ? |
| 11 | But what could I really have done about it , anyway ? |
| 12 | But what could it also mean ? |
| 13 | Fun , sure — but what could it possibly mean ? |
| 14 | What could she possibly say ? |
| 15 | What could she possibly say to a beauty with thick hair down to her waist , wearing bright clothes , and gold bracelets up her arm ? |
| 16 | After all , what could she possibly say ? |
| 17 | What could she possibly see in him to make her want him , except , as on that one night , out of gratitude , pity , curiosity or boredom ? |
| 18 | Ah , but what would they then do with all the vinyl stock ? |
| 19 | We asked them to consider two things — what would make a good general gift for any fishkeeper — and what would they actually want to find in their Christmas stocking . |
| 20 | ‘ What would you rather do , watch colour television with me or an old black and white set with the Monster Raving Loony Party ? ’ |
| 21 | What would you rather like to be doing ? , would you , if you 're bored here , what would you really liked to be ? |
| 22 | Gordon Bennett , if you had the choice between a mouthful of spunk or a prattfull , what would you rather have ? ’ |
| 23 | Would n't you , if if if if you had Ann if you had the choice of these two what would you rather have ? |
| 24 | So I give you the choice of a , a Lamborghini or a Rover what would you rather have ? |
| 25 | What would you rather have — a charge or a general thinning out of staffing levels — and almost unanimously it was ‘ We 'd rather pay a reasonable charge ’ . |
| 26 | you might 've er I mean you did it right , it could 've been a bit stronger though , a bit more punch to it , er punch is n't the right word erm , you know , well okay look what I 'm really asking for Dave is your help , you know , when people ask you to help what would you normally do , you 'd help would n't you ? |
| 27 | There 's an obvious thing really that erm if someone dictates something to you and you have to repeat that word for word what would you normally do by |
| 28 | Now , when the police officer when the police officer comes to court and goes through this statement , and it 's a confession , what would you normally call what he 's reading out ? |
| 29 | " So what would you normally have done as soon as you arrived if this had been an ordinary Thursday ? |
| 30 | What would you rather like to be doing ? , would you , if you 're bored here , what would you really liked to be ? |