Example sentences of "what they [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What they each gained separately was a greater individual confidence and capacity for self-determination as women , and each of them fed that confidence back into a variety of struggles to change the position of women , and in the case of the majority of women in that particular group , to a struggle for some kind of socialism . |
| 2 | I recently asked eleven experts on RE from widely differing backgrounds what they each saw as the major priority for RE . |
| 3 | What they each have in common is the use of various signs and symbols concerning both behaviour and belief . |
| 4 | Well , in the beginning , erm , this is an interview before they start rehearsing one evening , or like , what they each other play , and they 're just talking about how they met and everything , cos they , the vocalist and the guitarist met in a chip shop , and knocked all the chips everywhere , and then he er , the guitarist talks about , erm , he met , I mean , he knows a drummer that 's free and it turns out that it 's the vo vocalist 's vocalist 's brother . |
| 5 | And I 'll tell you what they what they each curing station used to have what they call foy before they went away . |
| 6 | ‘ It 's only what they all said . |
| 7 | The Canadian has an operating crew of five ( excluding the dozen or so service staff ) and no one is entirely clear what they all do : fill out forms mostly , so far as I could see . |
| 8 | It 's what they all say to me in the end . |
| 9 | What they all have in common is a basic commitment that the vines should have been cultivated without the use of chemical fertilisers , pesticides , fungicides or herbicides ( except for a few age-old things like Bordeaux mixture ) , and the wine made without chemical additives or agents — apart from a few natural and/or traditional substances . |
| 10 | What they all have in common is the delicious easy-going fruit flavour of the Gamay grape . |
| 11 | ‘ That 's what they all say . ’ |
| 12 | Madame Gloriana turned away murmuring to herself , ‘ That 's what they all want to know , although I 'm not at all sure if it does them any good . ’ |
| 13 | ‘ A permanent move to Spain , Italy or even Scotland is what they all dream about . ’ |
| 14 | What they all have in common is that they are all attempts to go beyond appearances . |
| 15 | What they all tell you is that doing business and controlling credit overseas is much the same as it is at home except that it is more complicated and expensive . |
| 16 | Masklin would be the first to admit that he was n't too familiar with forms of transport , but what they all seemed to have in common was a front , which was in front , and a back , which was n't . |
| 17 | And now somebody 's probably tipped him off that the police are on to him and he 's doing what they all do , running off to Spain where they ca n't get him . |
| 18 | And what they all display , rather too baldly though highly effectively , is the simple economic importance of the Ocean . |
| 19 | ‘ My dear Angharad , ’ her mother said sharply , ‘ do n't you know that 's what they all say ? |
| 20 | Although capping salaries is part of what they all want , many owners are convinced that only television can provide a long-term solution to the game 's financial problems . |
| 21 | Good times ! that was what they all remembered of the sixties , the golden age when everything came so easily . |
| 22 | " Doris I suppose that 's what they all thought . |
| 23 | The work looks like hell to me , it looks like loin-death from where I 'm sitting , but hospitals are erotic-that 's what they all say . |
| 24 | But what they all wanted was to be cared for some of the time and often their tears were statements about that need . |
| 25 | What they all have in common is slow , moist cooking , strong flavours and usually a slightly sweet and sour note to the sauce . |
| 26 | If no-one admits to having been sick during the day , or ca n't produce a witness that he was , we shall want to know what they all ate for the evening meal . |
| 27 | Yes , that was true , Léonie thought : but what they all refused to see was the willpower , the rage . |
| 28 | What they all want to know is where John 's video can be obtained , so here , to let me get on with my work , are a few possible outlets — Dillon 's , Waterstone 's , Eason 's or the BBC Shop . |
| 29 | Laura reckons , ’ she continued , a salacious gleam in her toffee-brown eyes , ‘ old Po-face-that 's what they all calls him cos he never smiles-had been having it off with that secretary for weeks . |
| 30 | They said ‘ That 's what they all say . |