Example sentences of "be [pers pn] to do " in BNC.
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| 1 | What am I to do ? |
| 2 | So Mr Bradley asked the managing director ( sic ) of Westminster , Bill Phillips : ‘ What am I to do ? ’ |
| 3 | ‘ And what am I to do when there are hospital bills to find payment for ? ‘ |
| 4 | What am I to do ? ’ |
| 5 | What am I to do ? |
| 6 | What am I to do ? ’ wailed the victim , and indeed it did seem a problem , because — since she was so much taller than either of her companions — her feet were larger than theirs , and she could not get into their comfortable country shoes . |
| 7 | But what am I to do when someone asks me for everything I know on Lake Malawi Cichlids ( as happens fairly often ) . |
| 8 | Wendt , who plays beer-swilling barfly Norm , said : ‘ What am I to do , Shakespeare ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ What am I to do ? |
| 10 | So what am I to do ? |
| 11 | I do admire you all so , but what am I to do ? |
| 12 | What am I to do ? |
| 13 | What am I to do ? |
| 14 | What am I to do ? |
| 15 | Oh , Christ Jesus , what am I to do ? |
| 16 | ‘ What am I to do ? ’ |
| 17 | ‘ What am I to do without her ? ’ he groaned . |
| 18 | " What am I to do , Maurice ? " |
| 19 | 8 When preceded by an interrogative pronoun ( I do n't know what to do ) or adverb ( Tell me where to go ) , or by a conjunction ( He looked at the clock , as if it was time to go ) , an infinitive with to is often equivalent to a dependent clause : What to do ; What am I to do ? |
| 20 | What am I to do ? had been her first stunned reaction . |
| 21 | ‘ How am I to do this , ’ she orders , ‘ if you keep moving like an animal ? ’ |
| 22 | What am I to do ? |
| 23 | ‘ Oh , Feargal , what am I to do ? ’ |
| 24 | So what am I to do with — those feelings ? |
| 25 | What 're we to do ? |
| 26 | ‘ But the business , ’ Aunt Sophie said in dismay , ‘ what are you to do about that ? ’ |
| 27 | What are we to do with stories like these ? |
| 28 | But still the question remains : what are we to do with stories like these ? |
| 29 | ‘ Then what are we to do for the best ? ’ |
| 30 | What are we to do , he asked , when the local political assembly has approved a particular investment ? |