Example sentences of "what colour the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ONE of our bar staff recently came into the kitchen to ask if she could look in the soup kettle to see what colour the soup was . |
| 2 | When three-year-olds were asked what colour the card was really they typically said ‘ blue ’ . |
| 3 | In many cases they already lay down what colour the shirt must be . |
| 4 | It dropped five bound volumes through a chute into a Committee meeting , and strongly suggested they leave off debating what colour the new Nempnett Thrubwell skimover ought to be painted long enough to ponder the problem . |
| 5 | ‘ Did you learn what colour the carpet will be ? ’ she teased her assistant , saw him grin cheekily , and added , since she was only five years older than him , ‘ My name 's Leith . |
| 6 | Like London in the nineteen-forties , Paris seemed to have assembled every uniform and race loyal to the Allied cause ; and what variety , what colour the Moroccans and the Senegalese , Annamites and Malgaches , presented as they mingled down the Champs Elysées with immaculate cavalry officers , Foreign Legionnaires , kilted Highlanders , pretty nursing sisters , and now a sprinkling of American flyers from the Lafayette Squadron ! |
| 7 | Where we decide what colour the formica in the lavatories in the new building is going to be . |