Example sentences of "[vb past] [prep] what [pers pn] could " in BNC.
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| 1 | The railway started to what I could only term , improve . |
| 2 | To men who lived on what they could pick up from articles and reviews , the ultimate weapon implied more than lack of a showcase : it implied starvation … |
| 3 | As her reports started to come together , our excitement grew about what we could now achieve for the children of Vietnam . |
| 4 | The tribe sang a song to thank the Great Spirits and everyone thought about what they could offer as a sacrifice . |
| 5 | I made a convincing show of joining in all this horse-play and appeared to enjoy it hugely for a week or so while I thought about what I could do to our cousin . |
| 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 | ‘ Four of them got together over a couple of decanters of port and I listened to what I could . |