Example sentences of "[verb] about what [pron] [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is no mystery that a child can feel compelled to judge himself from his father 's viewpoint , although it may seem so if one uses Freudian language and starts puzzling about what it could mean for an instinctive egoist to ‘ introject ’ the image of his father . |
| 2 | Part Two — Working in the ES — summarises the key points you will need to know about what you can expect in terms of support and entitlements from your new employer and other useful information ; and |
| 3 | The award asks children between the ages of nine and 12 to write about what they would like to do when they grow up . |
| 4 | Charles and Diana frequently visited their brother John 's lichen-covered grave in the Sandringham churchyard and mused about what he would have been like and whether they would have been born if he had lived . |
| 5 | Well it is possible of course and I think that er the European Nations , including those in Eastern Europe er ought to be getting together to consult about what we can do , because I do n't think it 's right simply to send these refugees back as the er Italians have been doing , er in fact there likely to be amongst . |
| 6 | ‘ No one comes to me after our matches to talk about what they could have done better , ’ said Durie . |
| 7 | It is important that they slowly build up a historical vocabulary , and learn some of the technical terms that will allow them to talk about what they can see . |
| 8 | Erm the there is something which I suppose can be said about what you should do , if you 're an N F and a , and a , an a dominant intuitive . |
| 9 | All the way home she agonized about what she should do . |
| 10 | I had n't really thought about what I could write , just dashed eagerly to the word processor , my mind meandering enjoyably about the £200 prize . |
| 11 | ‘ If we spend our time worrying about what they can do we 're as good as dead . ’ |
| 12 | She was standing by the ship 's rail , thinking about Charlotte 's outburst , worrying about what she should do , when she heard a woman speaking to her . |
| 13 | But asking a trusty neighbour to keep an eye on your property should mean you can enjoy your holiday without worrying about what you might find when you get home . |
| 14 | As the monsoon season ran its usual course in Snowdonia , anybody with any sense fled to warmer climes while the rest of us sat and talked about what we would do if it was n't raining . |
| 15 | By three both felt certain something was wrong and a nervous debate began about what they should do . |
| 16 | Apparently innocent of the opportunity which had been presented to them , they met in the Ravenhill Church and talked about what they should do and even hesitated about talking to the journalists waiting outside . |
| 17 | ‘ Now I 'm much more focused about what I can do . ’ |
| 18 | People say having a baby ruins your life , and talk about what you could have done in a job and that . |
| 19 | The tribe sang a song to thank the Great Spirits and everyone thought about what they could offer as a sacrifice . |
| 20 | I made a convincing show of joining in all this horse-play and appeared to enjoy it hugely for a week or so while I thought about what I could do to our cousin . |
| 21 | As I tried to think about what we should do , the day began to represent something we could work towards and almost look forward to , at a time when Waite 's kidnap had left us nothing to hope for . |
| 22 | I try even harder not to think about what he might do to me if he ever got the chance . |
| 23 | He would have to think about what he could do to get to ride her . |
| 24 | She asked me to think about what I could do to protect myself . |
| 25 | The agency have agreed to pay me a retainer for a couple of weeks while I think about what I 'd like to do next . ’ |
| 26 | and told him to go away with it and think about what he could do , and er mentioned money to him , and he liked the idea . |
| 27 | so that really it 's to try and er get us thinking about what we could do |
| 28 | If there is nothing one can do , then there is clearly no point in thinking about what one might do — so the effort to formulate what might be desirable becomes merely wasted and frustrating effort . |
| 29 | Manager Howard Wilkinson admitted : ‘ You dare n't think about what it means — if you do that you end up thinking about what you might lose . |
| 30 | Me an ’ Gerry 'd build up the kitchen fire and we 'd sit there and talk about what we 'd do if we won the Irish Sweepstake . |