Example sentences of "[noun sg] about what [pron] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Er I mean I , I mean have we really thought this through because er if we 're an anticipating having hundred , hundred and fifty people here which I suppose is of course about what we would hope for , the response that NUPE er as you know they would need to actually achieve the yes vote , I mean we need this sort of room full er would n't it not be more sensible to split up between co or not , would it not be normal for the tutor to expect the group to split up to address specific areas like , I do n't know , Labour Party membership , erm finance , I do n't know , whatever |
| 2 | Melissa will make her own decision about what she will read . ’ |
| 3 | Every evening , as I lift my key towards the lock of my own front door , the same thoughts formulate themselves — the same sudden loss of courage , in my case , the same leaden fear about what I shall find . |
| 4 | I 've been doing more thinking about what we should do in future . |
| 5 | I 'll get you some sandwiches and some more tea and once you 've eaten we can get down to some practical thinking about what you can do next . ’ |
| 6 | Though the social survey method was not extensively used in Chicago-inspired studies , and there was some scepticism about what it could achieve for sociology compared to field research , with the appointment of Ogburn in 1927 , a statistically trained sociologist , the pace of the development of quantitative methods quickened . |
| 7 | Both of them want to be close and both need to repair their inner confusion about what they can allow themselves . |
| 8 | There is no hard and fast rule about what you should gain in pregnancy . |
| 9 | I came away from the Oxford seminar with a clear idea in my mind about what I should do to stimulate discussion on this subject in Wales . |
| 10 | But during our holiday visit we found exactly what we wanted , helped by the way Jonathan used his imagination about what we might like , even though we had n't specified it . ’ |
| 11 | It helps if couples can think in advance about what retirement will be like-to think individually about what they 'd like to happen , and even more importantly , to talk to each other about what they 'd like to happen . |
| 12 | This former schoolmaster and magistrate of 18 years has sat with 50 mediums 130 times to further his quest for knowledge about what we might call ‘ the other side ’ . |
| 13 | Too often , I think , the referee is tempted to shift the goal-posts in reliance upon his own speculation about what it would have been sensible for Parliament to do if Parliament had thought of doing it . |
| 14 | There was a big argument about what we should buy so we had a vote on it . |
| 15 | Erm or I mean you know for advice about what they could do about D H S S. |
| 16 | On Thursday , a correct point of order was raised with Mr. Deputy Speaker about what one should do with matters arising from the first report of the Select Committee on Health . |
| 17 | This gives the customers some choice about what they will have for each meal , and when they have it . |
| 18 | Before the Prime Minister retires to his desert island , taking with him his Trollope and a very large section of my constituency — without my permission — will he give a clear and simple statement about what he will offer to pensioners so that they can retire with some luxury ? |
| 19 | B : Say , what 're you doing [ implication ; " I 've got a suggestion about what we might do together " ] A : Well , we 're going out . |
| 20 | The Aristotelian view , as I have interpreted it , ‘ works ’ only to the extent that it is assumed that there is no problem about what I shall call ‘ the autonomy of desires ’ . |
| 21 | The Trust still asks my advice , but it 's not an easy process because although I 'm very old I 've still got a clear idea about what I 'd like to do in the garden . ’ |
| 22 | Rebuck , now 38 , says that when Philip made the decision to work in advertising , his friends were shocked : ‘ It was the tail-end of the Sixties generation and most of us did n't have a clue about what we would do . |
| 23 | Mr Baughan is in no doubt about what he would do to the attackers . |
| 24 | Of course , I can not go into detail about what we would seek to do , but I shall give one or two indications because that is only fair to the House . |