Example sentences of "[verb] what [to-vb] [prep] [det] " in BNC.

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1 They were at a loss to know what to do with this sullen rebel who kept bursting out against them so unjustly .
2 Teachers must be helped to recognise abuse and have the confidence to know what to do about any concerns . ’
3 Children need to know what to do in these cases if they are to get at the truth , and they also need to be shown that print is not necessarily infallible .
4 It is true that on one occasion , when asked if Gandhi had not been tiresome , he replied that ‘ Some people found Our Lord very tiresome ’ ; but in the context of general unsympathy it is difficult to know what to make of this very Irwinian rebuke .
5 It is hard to know what to make of this .
6 It is hard to know what to make of this .
7 She did n't know what to say at all .
8 ‘ Oh , I do n't know what to say to that , ’ replied Cecil almost embarrassed .
9 They did n't know what to say to this so they said nothing and he stood there , grinning and rubbing his hands together .
10 Alice did not know what to say to this .
11 Robert did not know what to say to this .
12 I do n't know what to do at all .
13 To add to the senseless tragedy , the Japanese did n't really know what to do with all the dolphin carcasses once they had killed them .
14 ‘ I could n't stand the short working week and I really would n't know what to do with all that bribe money . ’
15 and somebody said it was because since the stockmarket flopped people drew out and put the money in building societies , building societies were bursting at the seams , did n't want to , and banks as well , did n't know what to do with all this money , so , somebody went in for a loan and asked for fifty thousand and come out with a hundred thousand , they could n't get it out , give it to people , a lot , a lot of people that really er were n't safe gambles
16 ‘ My Colonel received an invitation , did n't know what to do with such a thing , so gave it to me .
17 I did n't know where the toilets were , I did n't know what to do with this client .
18 I guess an inexperienced parent just does n't know what to do with these intruders in the nest , and disposes of them the only way it can .
19 Well I do n't know what to do with these , it 's obviously a .
20 Do n't cry — I do n't know what to do about that .
21 I did n't know what to do about that , I put
22 I do n't know what to do about these then love .
23 I do n't know what to do about this one , Chris says oh go down at dinnertime , try and a picture at dinnertime .
24 I do n't know what to do about this milk if it 's still two lots , have we nearly finished the one we 're on ?
25 No I , the other thing is if we 're out here , I do n't know what to do about this lamp for the bedside , I mean I do n't know that I need it and it 's another ten pounds is n't it ?
26 yeah , erm , I do n't quite know what to do about this , this is , I 've taken some stuff out , if I can slide it down the
27 ‘ It was a casualty-faking — you know , making sure we would know what to do in such a situation . ’
28 I , I find I do n't know what to do in this situation between the two .
29 Topstock clearly did n't know what to make of that .
30 As I had never actually made a cold application for a job before , I did n't really know what to make of this .
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