Example sentences of "[noun] but [Wh det] [verb] [pers pn] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or if you 're a bridge player you might go and ask advice or read books but what do you do about your driving ? |
| 2 | My chaplain snorts in derision but what does he know ? |
| 3 | I know it 's boring Trev but what do you want me to do , done some work actually , you ai n't gon na do some work |
| 4 | Nutrition is a word everyone uses these days but what does it mean ? |
| 5 | tt right , yeah , incomes have risen throughout the world and that impacts both on the demand for agricultural products and also the demand for manufactured products but what do we know about demand elasticities for those two products , income elasticities what 's the income elasticity of manufactured goods ? |
| 6 | Erm I stress it is just speculation but what do you think ? |
| 7 | ‘ Well ! ’ says someone , ‘ I know what you mean by talking to God but what do you mean by listening to him ? |
| 8 | A second opinion was sought and , short-sightedly , my parents agreed to put me in those gorgeous National Health jobs which are now sported by your average Yuppie but which made you look second only in berkishness to the kid in the owl specs with Elastoplast all over one lens . |
| 9 | So it 's unusual and I get told off for giving you a choice but what do you think ? |
| 10 | The big boys tried to make me feel at home by taking me to the greasy spoon for a pie but what did I care for food as the table rang with drug quips and acerbic one-liners about Danielle Dax from Gavin Martin , James Brown and Danny Kelly . |