Example sentences of "[Wh det] they [verb] n't [vb infin] was " in BNC.
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| 1 | What they did n't expect was a sudden erosion of their lead in the later stages of the game , and they were glad to come out of it with their scalp intact . |
| 2 | What they did n't make was a meal . |
| 3 | What they did n't realise was that the places being offered were in the reception class — designed for children of five and over — not a nursery class . |
| 4 | What they did n't realize was that granules of radioactive material left in the bottom of the dissolving vessel had evaporated the residual liquid and heated up the base . |
| 5 | What they did n't realize was that for me , women in the end have everything because they have the ability to create life . |
| 6 | Our Rally was just super — more people than before — But what they did n't know was that they had a treat in store : The National Display Team came for the afternoon To show their special item — we were all over the moon ! |
| 7 | And what they did n't understand was the basic experience of any trade union branch which says if you wan na get six or eight people elected you do n't put fourteen up . |