Example sentences of "[noun] [was/were] [pron] do [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | One problem for any coup plotters was what to do with the Shah if Mossadeq were removed . |
| 2 | ‘ I 'm none the wiser , unless his work was something to do with the Hell Fire Club . |
| 3 | Victoria knew her Uncle Donald was something to do with the Queen 's castle , and that Aunt Rose was her father 's sister . |
| 4 | What the heck was it doing in the barrow ? ’ |
| 5 | So the bankruptcy of the original supplier was nothing to do with the delay or actually going for another supplier ? |
| 6 | ' — another thing : what the fuck was he doing on the roof in the first place ? ’ |
| 7 | Clearly the biggest problem was what to do about the tour , scheduled to leave Oxford at 9.30 a.m. bound for Stratford-upon-Avon . |
| 8 | A more serious problem was what to do with the soldiers who , now accustomed to fighting and to war 's many attractions , were finding themselves without an occupation . |
| 9 | Talking to my sister on the phone about the visit she insisted that the feeling of being absent in my mother 's presence was nothing to do with the illness , was the emotional underpinning of our childhood . |
| 10 | What on earth was she doing in the ambulance ? |
| 11 | But it denied the visit was anything to do with the bombing . |