Example sentences of "what [be] [pron] [to-vb] " in BNC.

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1 What are they to finish painting and do a bit
2 What are they to do in the changed circumstances ?
3 What are they to do with anything ?
4 What are they to do ?
5 Wha , wha What are they to do , with the garage people ?
6 If so , what are they to make of the case last week of Maria Jones , a 22-year-old woman who was 31 weeks pregnant ?
7 What are we to drink ?
8 ‘ Sir , what are we to live on ?
9 What are we to deduce from these remarkable observations ?
10 It is this " odd prejudice against his subject " which causes Tindall to move beyond the bounds of " decency " : " What are we to say of a research student who [ sets ] in an ambiguous light the author of one of the greatest books in our language , and one of the greatest religious forces in the life of England ? "
11 If even these apparently straightforward discourse types can not be equated with single functions , what are we to say of novels , or chats , or arguments , or jokes ?
12 What are we to say to that ?
13 You see if that 's how we 're to judge blessing then what are we to say to people , to men like C T Stard who sacrificed an inheritance that in today 's value , just in the early part of this century , but in today 's value be worth millions of pounds to go to the Congo , and to China , and to India ?
14 What are we to say ?
15 So what are we to conclude ?
16 What are we to conclude about the implications for his later personality of the way in which a child is treated during his early years ?
17 What are we to do with stories like these ?
18 But still the question remains : what are we to do with stories like these ?
19 ‘ Then what are we to do for the best ? ’
20 What are we to do , he asked , when the local political assembly has approved a particular investment ?
21 What are we to do now ? ’ asked Crane .
22 So what are we to do ?
23 If we are to vote for the family because it is good , warm and loving , what are we to do if it turns cold ? ’ ; it well-nigh accused Labour of giving ‘ a sharp twist to a competitive spiral of wholesome image making ’ ; and it stated that the Tory Government must be defeated by ‘ the issues ’ .
24 What are we to do ? ’ she pursued .
25 What are we to do ? ’ wondered Polly .
26 A couple of years later , asking ‘ What are we to do with the ‘ Hooligan ’ ’ ?
27 What are we to do with them ?
28 You are so lovely , and so young , what are we to do ? ’
29 So , what are we to do ?
30 Mr Bodenland , what are we to do with you ?
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