Example sentences of "[Wh det] do for [art] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 I told him about the lavatory on the entrance floor , which did for the fourteen tenants in the house .
2 I was my own boss for a start — the man I worked for left after about seven months , and the man who took over did n't know anything about it : I knew more about the job than he did , so I had to tell him what to do for the first six months … in fact he tried to get the job upgraded anyway .
3 On the way home he said , ‘ These sincere men think they know what to do for the black man .
4 I do n't know what to do for the best .
5 We made the cut , but he was so bad-tempered he would n't speak to me , and sometimes I just did n't know what to do for the best .
6 Yes , it had not been easy knowing what to do for the best .
7 She did n't know what to do for the best .
8 What to do for the best has been the subject of much discussion at local aquatic societies over the years .
9 She 'll know what to do for the best . ’
10 She became depressed at not knowing what to do for the best , and at leading the life of a whore .
11 Determination to deal with the situation " properly and once and for all " but coupled with the confusion of not knowing precisely what to do for the best , particularly in the face of vast quantities of advice all of which seems perfectly clear — except that it directly conflicts with other equally vast and equally clear advice from other sources .
12 Just vanish , leaving her not knowing what to do for the best .
13 When confronted with a small garden for the first time , its often difficult to know what to do for the best .
14 She 'll tell me , all right , and then we can go from there and decide what to do for the best .
15 ‘ For once , not Rosemary , though I 'm getting more and more desperate about not knowing what to do for the best , ’ he confessed , but went on to explain , ‘ I spent a lot of time yesterday in realising that I must have been a real wet blanket when Naylor announced your engagement on Saturday . ’
16 And what to do for the best .
17 I said I du n no what to do for the best so , I just leave things the way they are and er hopefully that er you get some warm days where you need n't have the fire on , so you do n't have fumes you know
18 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 .
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