Example sentences of "and [prep] what [pron] [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And for what you would do , if I let you live . |
| 2 | It all seemed too important for that : a warning of what was inside us all as human beings and of what we must avoid at all costs . |
| 3 | Alan was well aware of his own gifts and of what they might lead him to become , but I am not sure he entirely welcomed his role as a leader of lesser men . |
| 4 | Both speakers will give an account of their work and of what they would like from a supervisor . |
| 5 | When he 'd gone I lay and thought for a long time about poor young Mr Vickers , and of what I should have told Doone , and had n't . |
| 6 | It was his conception , his baby , and for it he would tolerate most things , including his suspicion of Trotskyism — whether of the IMG or IS variety — and of what he may have seen as Rowbotham 's ‘ hippy sentimentality ’ . |
| 7 | Thus Sir William Trumbull , when he was sent as English ambassador to Paris in 1685 , was told that : You shall constantly correspond with our ministers in other foreign courts , for our better service , and your mutual information and assistance in your respective negotiations ; and you shall also maintain a good correspondence and intercourse with all the other ambassadors , envoys and ministers of princes and states in amity with us , and as far as you can penetrate into the designs of their respective superiors , and of what you can discover of this nature you shall give us a constant account by one of our Principal Secretaries of State . |
| 8 | There 's a good few people around this quarter afraid of you and of what you can do when you open your mouth . |
| 9 | After checking this balancing they increased the current further to three times the starting value , and discovered an excess heat output of ten per cent over and above what they could account for going in . |
| 10 | He is confident , brave and agile , and from what we can gather he is rated the best in America . |
| 11 | The interior of the bus was lit only by a small torch made to look like an old lamp , the type you see in Westerns , and from what I could see I was glad there was no more light . |
| 12 | ‘ Her name 's Louise , ’ Christina volunteered , ‘ and from what I can gather she 's madly in love with him . ’ |
| 13 | Jay would not be shut out and from what she could tell , Lucy did n't want to shut her out . |
| 14 | She had fur-backed gloves and high brown-polished boots , not shoes but boots , and from what she could see of them they looked serviceable , as if they really were worn for walking . |
| 15 | And from what she could see of him , which was not much , he was giving her the coldest of stares . |
| 16 | ‘ They had a wonderful pioneering style and pride both in what they had achieved and in what they could teach you . |
| 17 | The aim is to test children both in what they know and in what they can do . |
| 18 | From this perspective the nature of modern democratic regimes , and the setbacks and limitations which they experience , are intimately connected with the class structure and the relations between classes as they have developed both in capitalist and in what I shall call ( for the moment ) post-capitalist societies . |
| 19 | Make sure that there is a briefing before the visit — that people know why they are going and on what they should concentrate their attention . |