Example sentences of "[be] [verb] what [verb] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | He had never been told what to do by a designer before . |
| 2 | The church had been partly demolished by a devastating gale in the 1930s , to the secret relief of the Church Commissioners who had been considering what to do with a building of absolutely no architectural merit serving a congregation at the major festivals of six at the most . |
| 3 | I know but we ca n't do , we ca n't do anything apart from be told what to do by the teachers . |
| 4 | ‘ My sister Thérèse , ’ he went on , pointing towards the young dark-haired woman who seemed to be compiling what looked like a list of something or other . |
| 5 | Then , if the product appears to be commercially successful , as well as a technological tour de force , suddenly competitors are marketing what amounts to a second generation product . |
| 6 | Then , if the product appears to be commercially successful , as well as a technological tour de force , suddenly competitors are marketing what amounts to a second generation product . |
| 7 | He slid her a coolly measuring look , clearly not accustomed to being told what to do by a mere make-up artist , but to her relief he did as he was bid , lowering himself into the chair and sliding down to tilt his head back into the sink . |
| 8 | The EC proposals suggest that ‘ original designers ’ be given what amounts to a monopoly in parts . |
| 9 | In fact , to study the sealpoint Siamese coat pattern is to observe what amounts to a temperature map of the animal 's body surface . |
| 10 | If only one of those people is wondering what to do on a Friday night , thumbs through the listings , spots your band 's name , and thinks ‘ I 've heard of that band , they must be worth seeing ’ , that sticker , which cost you less than a penny , has been very cost effective . |
| 11 | Our main concern is to identify what happened in the premises . ’ |
| 12 | He is holding what looks like a square brown leather hat box and a white Chanel carrier bag . |
| 13 | Another version of the same question is to ask what became of the ostlers , grooms , and blacksmiths as the horse gave way to the internal combustion engine . |
| 14 | Tony Zanetta : ‘ Prior to his tour of the States , David started doing dates in England and within three months he was becoming what seemed like the biggest thing in England . |
| 15 | Our connection for the prison camp did not leave until 11 o'clock and the Feldwebel was wondering what to do for the next two hours when the air raid siren blew . |
| 16 | True enough , the famous set of Roman values — fides , constantia , severitas , gravitas , dignitas , auctoritas , etc. etc. — was discovered for the first time by German professors during the First World War , and helped their pupils to mark time while Hitler was deciding what to do with the classics . |
| 17 | Its goal was to identify what stands in the way of effective action on the build-up of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere . |
| 18 | Her hair had been done in the salon at the Grand ( paid for by TVS ) , and she was wearing what looked like a gypsy costume . |
| 19 | Some of those taking ; part were already in costume : Jilly Fox was wearing what looked like an Iranian chadour , contrived from a sheet , Karen Gray was dressed up as a nurse , and Bob Saxby who taught pottery was encased in a Michelin-man spacesuit which he claimed was an Arctic explorer 's sleeping bag . |
| 20 | The hindmost attendant was holding what looked like a large loaf of bread , and was using it to hit the minion in front , which was running almost doubled up , its little gloved hands held over its head , where the pursuing scullion was raining blows with the loaf . |
| 21 | He was carrying what looked like a huge steel club . |
| 22 | We also reported that a pound of tea was 1/4d , a boy 's suit was ten bob , decorators were paid 8d an hour , the King of Greece had been assassinated and the MCC was discussing what to do in the case of rain affected matches . |
| 23 | Someone was beating what sounded like a tambourine , and , high above all this , Robert thought he heard a flute . |