Example sentences of "[verb] [Wh det] they [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When Mrs Reynolds came to visit her husband , the staff nurse spent some time with them both explaining what they should expect immediately after the operation and she arranged for Mrs Reynolds to telephone the ward the following afternoon . |
| 2 | Golly it 'd be interesting to know what they 'd make of this tape for the next couple of hours . |
| 3 | They often work out-of-uniform , giving expert advice free of charge , to anyone who wants to know what they can do to prevent crime . |
| 4 | ‘ We certainly do n't want to alarm anyone , but it is important for people to know what they can do in advance to prepare their homes against damage . ’ |
| 5 | If change is treated at the large-scale level , teachers , non-teaching staff , governors and parents can not deny the consequences of local financial management : " Pushing management decisions — for instance , about staffing complements and who should be appointed and dismissed — down to the schools will make it extremely important to know what they will do with their new-found power " ( Maclure 1990:9 ) . |
| 6 | It is important to establish empathy with patients who have visual problems in order to discover what they might find helpful , and what is required for independence to be maintained or regained . |
| 7 | To extrapolate what they might say about women 's experience under patriarchy on the basis of comments about the reading material they choose is quite a leap . |
| 8 | I do n't know what they would do under the same circumstances . |
| 9 | She did not know what they would have said if it had been Edmund , but it was the title now which amazed them . |
| 10 | Alert them to the fact that we 're on to something , if they know we 've out-guessed them in their stupid game , then we do n't know what they might do . |
| 11 | I do n't know what they 'll do to you either . |
| 12 | We do n't know what they 'll do so |
| 13 | ‘ I do n't know what they 'll bring to the pictures next , ’ she wheezed . |
| 14 | Do n't know what , do n't know what they 'll make of all that gobbledegook. bye bye love . |
| 15 | Erm , we 've got pay review bodies which may , we do n't know what they 'll come out with in in terms of recommendations for for the pay increases , and I think that this is placing the Councillor in a in a very bad po er position . |
| 16 | ‘ They 've been bringing their dogs to do their business in my front garden , and if I go to the council , d' you know what they 'll say ? |
| 17 | I do n't know what they 'll have . |
| 18 | ‘ Do you know what they can do ? |
| 19 | They could n't have sorted themselves out then I do n't know what they can do . |
| 20 | He does n't know what they will build to , but as long as he keeps finding new pieces the picture will slowly become clear . |
| 21 | ‘ Now I do n't know what they will do . |
| 22 | They 'd think , " she shook her head , " I do n't know what they 'd think . |
| 23 | ‘ I do n't know what they 'd make of ours , ’ said Scarlet . |
| 24 | Getting it out and that was just an armchair do n't know what they 'd do if they had to move the settee , but erm , that 's the difference in |
| 25 | I did n't know what they 'd do . ’ |
| 26 | ‘ Do n't even know what they 'd talk about ; a member of the factory-owning Scottish gentry and a second mate — or whatever Lachy is these days — who 's spent the last few years in Oz . |
| 27 | I do n't know what they 'd say precisely . |
| 28 | For one thing we do n't know what they 'd charge , and for another they might not understand about the Time Fire . |
| 29 | er , they were meeting and the lad who was supposed to be at the meeting did n't know what they 'd come to decide on . |
| 30 | The other people all around us must have thought — I do n't know what they must have thought . |