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 . |