Example sentences of "[verb] of [Wh det] [vb mod] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " Are you frightened of what would happen ? " she asked now . |
| 2 | In the meantime , on Earth , we have reached the stage in our narrative where simple unicellular creatures have become multicellular creatures , the earliest known of which would have been the jellyfish . |
| 3 | Royal , who looks like a bit he 's been carved out of rock , warned of what will happen if we follow in the wake of what 's been going on in the States . |
| 4 | He did n't want to think of what would happen if his mother discovered that he had been out of the house . |
| 5 | I ca n't bear to think of what would have happened if I had n't told you . |
| 6 | Folly shook her head , trying resolutely not to think of what might have been . |
| 7 | ‘ I dread to think of what will happen , ’ the Under-Secretary said , ‘ when the Home Rule Bill is passed . |
| 8 | I remembered that they had never flown in a light aircraft before today ; I shuddered to think of what could happen if they panicked . |
| 9 | ‘ The great unwashed ’ — the watching ( and listening ) public — are seen as so many target audiences by a ‘ biz'ness'-minded industry to the chagrin of intellectuals or ( some ) professionals who dream of what might have been . |
| 10 | He can not equate it with ‘ ought ’ since , according to him , to speak of what one ought to do is simply to speak of what will have the best consequences . |