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 . |