Example sentences of "about what [pers pn] would [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They would sit and talk for hours about what they would do when they left school . |
| 2 | Revealingly , not one of the 24 leading directors invited to fantasise in Projections about what they would do with complete creative freedom and limitless cash can make any sense of the question . |
| 3 | Out of approximately one hundred prospective overseas students I spoke with , the majority said they had little intention of returning to China unless conditions improved in all aspects of life in the near future , but they were vague about what they would do overseas once their initial period of advanced education was complete . |
| 4 | For instance , the panel members in the YPLL study were asked to respond to a number of statements about what they would do if they had a problem . |
| 5 | The award asks children between the ages of nine and 12 to write about what they would like to do when they grow up . |
| 6 | ‘ About what they 'd eat that evening in the restaurant and what wines they 'd drink . |
| 7 | At first Kate was frightened about what they 'd find to talk about , but she need n't have worried . |
| 8 | It helps if couples can think in advance about what retirement will be like-to think individually about what they 'd like to happen , and even more importantly , to talk to each other about what they 'd like to happen . |
| 9 | It helps if couples can think in advance about what retirement will be like-to think individually about what they 'd like to happen , and even more importantly , to talk to each other about what they 'd like to happen . |
| 10 | Er I mean I , I mean have we really thought this through because er if we 're an anticipating having hundred , hundred and fifty people here which I suppose is of course about what we would hope for , the response that NUPE er as you know they would need to actually achieve the yes vote , I mean we need this sort of room full er would n't it not be more sensible to split up between co or not , would it not be normal for the tutor to expect the group to split up to address specific areas like , I do n't know , Labour Party membership , erm finance , I do n't know , whatever |
| 11 | As the monsoon season ran its usual course in Snowdonia , anybody with any sense fled to warmer climes while the rest of us sat and talked about what we would do if it was n't raining . |
| 12 | Rebuck , now 38 , says that when Philip made the decision to work in advertising , his friends were shocked : ‘ It was the tail-end of the Sixties generation and most of us did n't have a clue about what we would do . |
| 13 | Of course , I can not go into detail about what we would seek to do , but I shall give one or two indications because that is only fair to the House . |
| 14 | The other major seems to be , to do with ideas about what we would qualify , but could equally well be called ritual purity and impurity . |
| 15 | Me an ’ Gerry 'd build up the kitchen fire and we 'd sit there and talk about what we 'd do if we won the Irish Sweepstake . |
| 16 | In a document which contained precious little about what he would do for the future of British agriculture , he had one crumb of comfort for the farmer . |
| 17 | Mr Baughan is in no doubt about what he would do to the attackers . |
| 18 | So Taylor took Lineker into the European Championship as his first choice marksman , but with big doubts about what he would contribute . |
| 19 | Charles and Diana frequently visited their brother John 's lichen-covered grave in the Sandringham churchyard and mused about what he would have been like and whether they would have been born if he had lived . |
| 20 | He was very angry about the shooting and kept on shouting threats about what he 'd do to Lou Vecchi when he caught up with him . |
| 21 | They are about what you would call A one . |
| 22 | This means that , before you begin to think about colours and the names of varieties , you have to be clear about what you would like to do and what it is possible to do , perhaps planting kinds and types about which you may have heard but are not familiar with and which would add variation and interest to your garden . |
| 23 | That 's about what you 'd expect for a tractor of this size . |
| 24 | I did n't really think at all , not about where I was going , nor about what I would do when I got there . |
| 25 | I 've sometimes made some rather awful mistakes when I have thought first about what I would like to give rather than what my friends would like to receive , so do try to find out before you embark on a special garment . |
| 26 | Apartment 28A in the Alcade Apartments was about what I would have expected . |
| 27 | The agency have agreed to pay me a retainer for a couple of weeks while I think about what I 'd like to do next . ’ |
| 28 | The Trust still asks my advice , but it 's not an easy process because although I 'm very old I 've still got a clear idea about what I 'd like to do in the garden . ’ |
| 29 | Too often , I think , the referee is tempted to shift the goal-posts in reliance upon his own speculation about what it would have been sensible for Parliament to do if Parliament had thought of doing it . |
| 30 | His difficulty is that his party has nothing to tell him about what it would spend if it were returned to power , which it will not be . |