Example sentences of "what he [modal v] be [v-ing] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was hard to tell what he might be thinking . |
| 2 | Then she no longer knew or cared how he looked or what he might be feeling , and surrendered herself totally to the sensation of being in his arms . |
| 3 | Rachel looked up sharply but his expression was inscrutable , giving away nothing of what he might be feeling . |
| 4 | She mused , but without real curiosity , on what he might be doing at this very moment to that unknown cadaver , young or old , male or female . |
| 5 | What he might be doing is to actually seek to increase the proportion of our very vulnerable population into the means testing category and that what he 's got to watch is that he does n't end up in a position whereby defining health care in one way and social care very carefully . |
| 6 | He mumbled so badly that , half the time , I could only guess at what he might be saying . |
| 7 | Er , I think it would be far better to have a streamlined regulatory system which would make the much cheaper and more efficient and I 'm glad that the honourable gentleman seems to be agreeing and perhaps he could try and persuade his honourable mefem member on the front bench that legislation , primary legislation is needed , I 'm glad to hear he 's working on it erm on on the second on the second point he made about the number of regulations , I 'm not sure I would agree with him that the best way of resolving this problem is to have less regulations er er though I would agree with the general er thrust of what he might be saying and that is that if the regulatory system was to concentrate on promoting higher professional standards and have less emphasis on rules and regulations then I think that would help . |
| 8 | Mr Walden has spoken to farmers in his constituency about the issue and has been explaining what he 'll be telling Mr Gummer . |
| 9 | ‘ That 's what he 'll be thinking . |
| 10 | World gold is what he 'll be going for next . |
| 11 | A parent refused to be bound over , saying : ‘ When I send him out of the house in the morning to go to school , I do n't know what he 'll be doing all day ’ . |
| 12 | ‘ In one case a parent refused to be bound over , saying : ‘ When I send him out of the house in the morning to go to school , I do n't know what he 'll be doing all day ’ . |
| 13 | It is possible that when Gandhi speaks of Religion , what he may be referring to is not an ‘ essence ’ or a ‘ primordial element ’ or a transcendental unity' , but the faith of men which expresses itself in a variety of different forms . |
| 14 | And then it suddenly struck her what he must be thinking , and she remembered Aunt Nella fainting like this in the early days of her pregnancy with Cousin Lawrence . |
| 15 | Her lips tightened a little at what he must be thinking , but it did n't take long for her to decide that here she had the perfect lead-in to her problem . |
| 16 | For a moment , he reminded Melissa of Lou in his haste to defend a loved one , but she had seen how his knuckles whitened on hearing the story and guessed what he must be thinking . |
| 17 | She could only imagine what he must be suffering . |
| 18 | Feel what he must be feeling . |
| 19 | When she did this , let him know that she made this silent skilled reckoning of what he spent , what he must be doing , he hated her totally , and showed it . |
| 20 | He sensed that his father had moved away and guessed what he must be doing : fortifying the boards with the heaviest things he could drag : the sack of provisions , the bench-boards , the high chair itself . |
| 21 | ‘ Other lads given a trial at 19 by a big club like Monaco might think they 've cracked it — but Lambert knows we are simply giving him a glimpse of what he should be aiming for . |
| 22 | He 's seriously deficient in what he should be learning cos he should know that at least . |
| 23 | Maybe that 's what he should be getting now at Everton . |
| 24 | He is n't sure what he should be looking for , so he does n't look and his mind is therefore fairly free to contemplate subjects unconnected with windsurfing . |
| 25 | THE businesswoman who spoke out for thousands of Britain 's entrepreneurs when she accused the Tories of betraying them , yesterday told Norman Lamont what he should be saying today . |
| 26 | THE businesswoman who spoke out for thousands of Britain 's entrepreneurs when she accused the Tories of betraying them , yesterday told Norman Lamont what he should be saying today . |
| 27 | He felt impotent , uncertain about what he should be doing , what was expected of him . |
| 28 | Once this happens , it is no longer God who is over us , judging us by his Word , but we who are over God , using our god-concepts to justify what we are doing and to make judgements on what he should be doing . |
| 29 | Wycliffe brooded ; he felt restless and frustrated , unable to make up his mind where he should be or what he should be doing . |
| 30 | He 's a C P O stroke A L O and that 's what he should be doing . |