Example sentences of "what [is] [verb] of " in BNC.
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| 1 | Well-a-well , I 'd best go and see what 's wanted of me — an oath , most like , to keep the peace . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ You understand what 's wanted of you , Ingrid ? ’ |
| 3 | Portraiture has a namby-pamby ‘ not-quite- serious-art ’ reputation , because of what 's wanted of the painters . ’ |
| 4 | I do n't want her to go getting any wrong ideas about what 's become of me . ’ |
| 5 | ‘ He 's my boy — I 've a right to know what 's become of him ! ’ |
| 6 | ‘ Have n't the police any clues as to what 's become of the poor girl ? ’ |
| 7 | so remember that , do when you do the bearings if you 're doing some , erm examples , or you 're looking through , or you 're doing some revision , get up , stand up , and think , right what 's to think of , oh it 's not there , like if I 'm taking a bearing on these flowers , it 's , well , just that much in it , you know , |
| 8 | Inheriting the earth , or what 's left of it by the time the non-meek have realized the folly of their ways , is a process which takes much fortitude and patience . |
| 9 | Today we 'll just do a visualisation and try to remove what 's left of your father 's blocking device . ’ |
| 10 | If , Heaven help a reader , Detroit is a traveller 's destination , right on Lafayette Boulevard , close to what 's left of Motown 's business district , an oasis awaits : John K. King 's Used and Rare Books , a pleasure-drome for used book lovers . |
| 11 | ‘ What 's left of it , Mr Bragg . |
| 12 | Or what 's left of it ? ’ |
| 13 | ‘ Da can have what 's left of Gallagher after I 'm through with him ! ’ |
| 14 | What 's left of it is many yards under water now . |
| 15 | Staying on the coastal highway , you come in turn to what 's left of the cities of Philadelphia , Baltimore and Washington DC . |
| 16 | Their cattle are finished : they made the last batch of bread with oxblood to save what 's left of the water , and they drink that mixed with wine , of which there is n't all that much , either . |
| 17 | Most of them , however , left Romania before the last few years in an attempt to capitalise on what 's left of their playing careers . |
| 18 | ‘ I must go and do my duty as a host for what 's left of the night . ’ |
| 19 | ‘ What 's left of her . ’ |
| 20 | We still love what 's left of him , but he 'll never know it . ’ |
| 21 | I retrieve my right hand , or what 's left of it , from Ernest R Dickerson 's mighty grip . |
| 22 | ‘ I 'd best get what 's left of my milk on the road , or I 'll have the Guv'nor after me . |
| 23 | There 's quite a lot of the broch showing , too , almost the complete circle , with one very high bit where I 'm told there are steps going up to what 's left of the top level , with a view . ’ |
| 24 | Hewlett-Packard meanwhile is downsizing , if not shutting down , what 's left of the graphics group and workstation operation it has at its Fort Collins facility in Colorado . |
| 25 | To mop up what 's left of the direct sales budget , Solbourne will establish a chain of technical support offices across Europe , and admits it 's a less expensive way of keeping the European market aware of its presence . |
| 26 | ‘ Now the important thing is to get the ball rolling and protect what 's left of the desert . ’ |
| 27 | Things just gradually start to build up and get on top of you and you either get more into the gear and try to forget about it , or you stop using it and try and sort out what 's left of your life . |
| 28 | and hung a college scarf on what 's left of the mast . |
| 29 | ‘ Well , ’ he continues , clearing up what 's left of the cheese and pineapple sticks . |
| 30 | What 's left of it . ’ |