Example sentences of "about what [pron] can [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ If we spend our time worrying about what they can do we 're as good as dead . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ These people ca n't just blow in with their grand illusions about what they can do in Northern Ireland , with this ‘ big brother ’ attitude that America can solve everyone 's problems . |
| 3 | The report urges consumers to start demanding value for money , but music lovers are sceptical about what they can achieve . |
| 4 | ‘ The recession may have made a difference in the sense that people are being more realistic about what they can afford , ’ said the magazine 's associate editor Fenella Willis . |
| 5 | Both of them want to be close and both need to repair their inner confusion about what they can allow themselves . |
| 6 | It is important that they slowly build up a historical vocabulary , and learn some of the technical terms that will allow them to talk about what they can see . |
| 7 | If you have any queries about what we can do for you , please do n't hesitate to call us on |
| 8 | Rangers manager Walter Smith still believes that Marseilles have a slight edge as they have to face Rangers at home on April 7 but he said : ‘ I 'm still optimistic about what we can do in our home games . ’ |
| 9 | I mean it 's empty at the moment if anybody 's got any suggestions or thoughts about what we can do with it it 's certainly er we I I would like to hear those . |
| 10 | Well it is possible of course and I think that er the European Nations , including those in Eastern Europe er ought to be getting together to consult about what we can do , because I do n't think it 's right simply to send these refugees back as the er Italians have been doing , er in fact there likely to be amongst . |
| 11 | And Mick chatting to Jenny about what we can expect over the next few weeks , as we spend a day in the life . |
| 12 | The headteacher say , ‘ Evidence showed that our community did value the work we do , that they want to know more about what we can offer and that they want to play an active part in their children 's pre-school experience . |
| 13 | More recently studies have attempted to refine their research methodologies so that reviews of this research are much clearer about what we can claim to know and not know about abuse and in particular that it is a much more complex problem than was first thought . |
| 14 | Descartes , so the story goes , reached this conception because , unlike his predecessors , the Aristotelians , he was obsessed by epistemological questions — that is , questions about what we can know and how we can know it . |
| 15 | I 'll get you some sandwiches and some more tea and once you 've eaten we can get down to some practical thinking about what you can do next . ’ |
| 16 | You 'll find some ideas on page 5 about what you can do . |
| 17 | PLEASE THINK SERIOUSLY ABOUT WHAT YOU CAN DO . |
| 18 | Erm they 're being much stricter about what you can do to them . |
| 19 | Part Two — Working in the ES — summarises the key points you will need to know about what you can expect in terms of support and entitlements from your new employer and other useful information ; and |
| 20 | ‘ Now I 'm much more focused about what I can do . ’ |