Example sentences of "[noun] be [pron] do [prep] the " in BNC.

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1 The most difficult question is what to do with the beef mountain , created , in the words of one senior Commission official , by a process which ‘ takes the best beef , freezes it and so destroys it , with the result that it can only be sold to people who can not afford it . ’
2 One problem for any coup plotters was what to do with the Shah if Mossadeq were removed .
3 ‘ I 'm none the wiser , unless his work was something to do with the Hell Fire Club .
4 The topic at the moment is what to do about the working poor , particularly those with children .
5 Victoria knew her Uncle Donald was something to do with the Queen 's castle , and that Aunt Rose was her father 's sister .
6 Could this shameful tribute be something to do with the fact that your boss Lord Stevens was a business associate of Cap'n Bob ?
7 But the Governer says his departure is nothing to do with the resignation calls .
8 What the heck was it doing in the barrow ? ’
9 The Whistler is nothing to do with the Met Police .
10 So the bankruptcy of the original supplier was nothing to do with the delay or actually going for another supplier ?
11 I do n't know why , good God what the hell 's he doing over the road ?
12 Mind you , it 's not sunbathing or badminton I have in mind but planting — what more satisfying thing is there to do in the garden than to plant bulbs , or a tree or shrub to give you joy for years to come .
13 ' — another thing : what the fuck was he doing on the roof in the first place ? ’
14 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 .
15 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 .
16 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 .
17 It 's something to do there 's a clue the clue to Switzerland is something to do with the way that they make their electricity .
18 I 'm an old hand at Falcon Sailing — it 's thanks to them I know that a holding tank 's nothing to do with the Russians in Prague .
19 What on earth is it doing at the cleaners …
20 What on earth was she doing in the ambulance ?
21 But it denied the visit was anything to do with the bombing .
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