Example sentences of "about what might [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | One solution is to adopt the North American practice of providing patients with a comprehensive list of postoperative complications , but to most British doctors the prospect of burdening patients with ‘ unwanted ’ information about what might go wrong is deemed to be both unhelpful and unkind . |
| 2 | She has encouraged me to talk about what happened before I got to that stage , and to think about what might have led up to it . |
| 3 | I could not fail to speculate about what might have happened had Leslie remained in his original regiment . |
| 4 | ‘ If anybody knows anything about what might have happened to her I would beg them to contact the police and tell them anything that might help . ’ |
| 5 | Did n't you fantasize about what might have occurred if only you 'd been holding your breath at the time and a gun as well ? |
| 6 | I believe that the Hon. Gentleman is talking about what might have been within the scope of new clause 6 had Mr. [ Mr. Deputy Speaker ] |
| 7 | I was keeping a glass of chablis company the other day with Jonathan Hayden and Fiona Brownlee from Pavilion Books , and we got talking about what might have happened in grown-up life to the heroes and heroines of the children 's books of our youth . |
| 8 | It would be unwise for the hon. and learned Gentleman or for anyone else to draw conclusions about what might have been the cause of this accident . |
| 9 | Hilary Wade was taken by the question about what might have happened on these islands had the Romans left us alone . |
| 10 | If scientists had to think always about what might happen politically or socially because of their work , they 'd never get the work done . |
| 11 | This wife stood by her afflicted husband and even expressed fears about what might happen if the firm were to remove him from his electronic friend : ‘ I know it sounds funny , but I 'm afraid that losing that computer may break his heart . ’ |
| 12 | Throughout the diet , try to keep an open mind about the outcome , and do not put any ideas into the child 's head about what might happen . |
| 13 | The client is encouraged , and initially assisted , in developing and carrying out strategies for testing thoughts and beliefs about what might happen , e.g. ‘ If I ask my boss for a raise he 'll sack me or bite my head off . ’ , |
| 14 | Under-5s show stress by not eating or sleeping , while 5s to 11s may be reluctant to go to school because they are worried about what might happen while they are away . |
| 15 | He still felt extremely nervous about what might happen once they left the warren and had decided that the best way to avoid trouble would be to keep close to Hazel and do exactly what he said . |
| 16 | But a man could go nuts sitting around wondering about what might happen . |
| 17 | Your students may have seen you play a sequence without sound then rewind for a second viewing , or pause to speculate about what might happen next . |
| 18 | As yet , no one was prepared to worry about what might happen in the distant future . |
| 19 | Perhaps he too felt anxious about what might happen if he did . |
| 20 | ‘ Perhaps he had a premonition about what might happen in London . |
| 21 | She had tried hard not to think about what might happen to them when the men returned , but , as evening began to draw in , panic fluttered in her chest . |
| 22 | I am pleased that when it came to the crunch I tried to help the people calling for help instead of thinking about what might happen . |
| 23 | The two directives have not yet been enshrined in statute , though there has been much fanciful discussion about what might happen . |
| 24 | An enormous proportion of the book is taking place in Mrs de Winter 's head — it is all fantasising ; endless pages about what might happen . |
| 25 | As coachloads of pensioners arrived at Westminster from around the country on a suitably chilly day to protest about what might happen to their heating bills when V A T's introduced . |
| 26 | Worrying about what might happen ? |
| 27 | To be honest , I ca n't bear to think about what might happen myself . ’ |
| 28 | Tomorrow night on Central News South we meet the Rover Group 's man in America , Graham Morris , and there 's new about what might lie in store for British people thinking of emigrating or setting up business in this . |
| 29 | Asked about what might spoil a friendship , the breaking of a confidence and ( for boys ) ‘ stealing ’ another person 's girlfriend were considered particularly disloyal . |