Example sentences of "but what [vb base] [pron] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But what do they mean by this ? |
| 2 | Yes , but what do we mean by ‘ nothing ’ ? |
| 3 | But what do we mean by same in such an argument ? |
| 4 | But what do we make of that gourd business ? |
| 5 | ‘ But what do we do with them ? ’ asked Dick . |
| 6 | But what do we do in practice ? |
| 7 | 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 ? |
| 8 | Namely , he should try to answer some hard questions , one of them being formulated by Arthur C. Clarke himself : ‘ The question is not what shall we do without work — but what do we live for ? ’ |
| 9 | But what do I do about Joe ? |
| 10 | ‘ My qualifications bear scrutiny , ’ Leith answered , ‘ but what do I do for a reference ? |
| 11 | ‘ Yeah , ’ grinned Billy , ‘ but what do I say to our Mam , that was her blanket . ’ |
| 12 | It 's not much more than a broom cupboard , I know , but what do you think of it ? ’ |
| 13 | Nothing spectacular but what do you expect from beginners ? ! ! ! |
| 14 | Finish , like the other decks this month is of very high quality , there is no junk here , but what do you expect from the biggest deck manufactures in the business ? |
| 15 | She 's not exactly Pavlova , but what do you expect from a country girl who runs a dancing class ? |
| 16 | ‘ Well ! ’ says someone , ‘ I know what you mean by talking to God but what do you mean by listening to him ? |
| 17 | If someone who said this was asked , ‘ But what do you mean by ‘ It 's afternoon on the Sun ’ ? ’ he might say , ‘ I mean just the same as I mean by ‘ It 's afternoon ’ on the Earth' . |
| 18 | I also said that if someone were asked , ‘ But what do you mean by ‘ It 's afternoon on the Sun ’ ? ’ he might say ‘ I mean just the same as I mean by ‘ It 's afternoon ’ on the Earth' . |
| 19 | Similarly , if someone were asked , ‘ But what do you mean by ‘ Someone else is in pain ’ ? ’ he might say , ‘ I mean just the same by ‘ pain ’ when I say someone else is in pain as I mean when I say ‘ I 'm in pain ’ . ’ |
| 20 | But what do you mean by ‘ their sense of who they are is not valid enough ’ ? |
| 21 | Or if you 're a bridge player you might go and ask advice or read books but what do you do about your driving ? |
| 22 | It 's all very well attracting massive new support , but what do you do with it when the World Cup is over ? |
| 23 | But what do you do with posh baby clothes ? |
| 24 | These are little signs and areas that show up as to whether or not we 're really conscious of our spiritual need , alright you go and get them , you say alright I 'll go and get them , as soon as they come on there , the first one there , but what do you do with them when you get them home ? |
| 25 | Yeah , but what do you grow in there |
| 26 | ‘ But what do you see in him ? |
| 27 | But what do you say about |
| 28 | Cleared , were dispersed , and what have you got next , anyway after that , that that 's obviously a very problematic thing , because it 's using poetic images which are very difficult to move into modern standard English , but what have we got for the rain of heaven please ? |
| 29 | Well , I 'll tell you one thing , Monday 's not gon na be wonderful for me , I 've got to go into hospital for a little operation er b but seriously , I 'll be out on Tuesday , but I 'll , I 'll be away for the week er , because the Doc said do n't come back to , to work till a week on Monday , so I 'll , I 'll try and listen if I can , but what have you got for us ? |