Example sentences of "what [was/were] [pron] to be " in BNC.
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| 1 | And what was it to be like ? |
| 2 | What was it to be filled by ? |
| 3 | What was it to be called ? |
| 4 | If the deceased had led a reasonable life and had died at a good age without too much trouble , leaving a reasonably good family behind him , what was there to be miserable about ? |
| 5 | What was there to be afraid of ? |
| 6 | To be this man 's servant — what was there to be proud in that ? |
| 7 | He looked round all their sobered , pitying faces , and registered what was there to be registered , but it was not much ; nothing more than was due to any boy of sixteen , suddenly wiped out for no good reason . |
| 8 | They passed , apparently oblivious , intent only on their own business ; but hardly a soul in the village failed to pass at some time during that day , and not one missed a detail of what was there to be seen . |
| 9 | What was there to be so glad about when nothing made any difference ? |
| 10 | What was there to be upset about ? |
| 11 | But what was there to be afraid of ? |