Example sentences of "of what [pron] could [vb infin] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He wrote what became a celebrated memorandum to Cordell Hull , the secretary of state , in which he declared that he was " thrilled by the idea of using iran as an example of what we could do by an unselfish American policy . |
| 2 | I admit it sounds like a lot ; but that 's because everybody thinks of what they could do with it if it ended up in their bank account . |
| 3 | She was working for his charity for a third of what she could earn in the City , he enthused . |
| 4 | She hesitated , then went on in a small voice , ‘ I think I was afraid of what you could do to me . |
| 5 | ‘ How right I was , ’ she whispered , ‘ to be afraid of what you could do to me . ’ |
| 6 | And the Royal Welch did sing in the rehearsal , it was a record of course , and they sang of what you could see from the hills above Jerusalem , and it was in the minor key and sad as the devil or death , and the green light flickered , and Dylan , short , bandy , prime , obese , and famous among the bars , screamed as I have never heard , but sometimes imagined a scream , and we were all appalled , our pencils silent above the crossword puzzles , and invisible centuries-gone atavistic hair rose on our backs . |
| 7 | His back was already turned , so he did not see Hilary Frome 's gesture , expressive of what he could do with the Cullbridge Athenaeum . |
| 8 | I 'm realistically assessing it and I 'm aware of what it could mean to the company . |
| 9 | Sadly there was no mention of what it could do to a 13-year-old child . |
| 10 | And with it , the sudden fear of what it could do to the tourist trade . |