Example sentences of "[adv] [prep] what [pron] could [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At the back of her mind was the half-formed worry that William was with her only for what he could get . |
| 2 | Initially , both this and its French counterpart , the Academie des Sciences , were concerned as much with what we could call technology as with science . |
| 3 | He was interested only in what he could see or hear or touch and , above everything , measure . |
| 4 | She believed that ‘ representation without taxation ’ led to councils gaining support more for what they could promise as spenders rather than save as prudent housekeepers . |
| 5 | They were accordingly satisfied that the trial judge misdirected the jury when he stated that the case against the first appellant depended solely upon what they could find proved that he himself did . |
| 6 | ‘ Yet you are the only man , ’ insisted the abbot mercilessly , but without pressing the suggestion to an accusation , ‘ who is known to have had reason to fear his coming here with what he could tell . |
| 7 | He scored in the shootout , and with the page three girl too from what I could make out . |