Example sentences of "what they [verb] [been] [verb] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's what they 'd been fighting for for twenty years . |
| 2 | in the end she took the children home with her , erm it was so different from what they 'd been used to in those erm |
| 3 | Yes , she absolutely is so , we 'll have to erm , find out from you what they 've been talking about . |
| 4 | A game of tag ( see below ) may well be just the thing ; but if they 've just come in from the playground and that 's what they 've been doing for the last fifteen minutes , it would be a bit of a waste of time . |
| 5 | Let's see what they 've been doing to you . |
| 6 | The American people told him at the polls what they had been screaming from the rooftops for two years . |
| 7 | There they brought the coracle ashore lightly , and drew in , with reluctance and the reverence of finality , what they had been hunting with such assiduity , and so persistently hoped they would not find . |
| 8 | Of course , compared to what they had been producing with a typewriter and some rub-down lettering , the desktop publishing system was producing wonderful material — it just did n't conform to any of the professional standards . |
| 9 | He hated untidiness and waste ; he thought that babies who threw things from their cradles should be punished , and children who would n't eat their food should be starved until they ate what they had been given in the first place . ’ |
| 10 | The eagle stared back at him proudly and without fear and Mr Wolski wondered how long he would be here in captivity , staring out at the same things year after year , his great wings never feeling the power and support of the wind , his talons never arcing forward and down as they did what they had been made for and struck at prey . |
| 11 | All three were still dressed in what they had been wearing in the camp : corduroy trousers , khaki shirts and pullovers and big nailed boots . |
| 12 | He did n't know what they had been doing to him , but whatever it was he did n't like it , and he was going to let them know it in the only way he knew — by making as loud a noise as he could ! |
| 13 | Although this was the exact opposite of what they had been saying in the previous year , it was consistent in suggesting that there was a conflict between leaders and members . |
| 14 | However , although people seem to agree on a hierarchy of symbolic rewards , this apparent consensus is not the sum of people 's personal evaluations regarding the relative importance of different jobs , but a reproduction of what they have been socialised into accepting and which , when asked , they reproduce as though this sort of thing is a matter of fact . |
| 15 | But the united nation they had in mind , when they thought hard about it at all , was probably not what they have been landed with . |
| 16 | Mistakenly supposing that their moral beliefs are innately given , people are liable to continue to accept what they have been taught as young children . |
| 17 | They do not forget what they have been taught in the past , and as long as their basic work is kept up to scratch ( i.e. suppleness on each rein , general willingness to work , and obedience ) , the rest falls into place . |
| 18 | ‘ I know exactly what they have been saying on TV . |
| 19 | At the end of it all , the journalists are free to report what they have been told without question , they may seek to check the information they have been given with other sources or use it as background on a later occasion . |
| 20 | There is also a ‘ Stop and Check ’ revision section in the Workbook after every third unit to allow students to review what they have been doing in class and to decide their own priorities for future self-study . |
| 21 | While it is perfectly valid for children to step back from what they have been doing in drama and write about it , the exciting alternative of writing ( or drawing , or carrying out scientific experiments ) within the context of the drama , as the characters they are playing , produces lively and highly motivated work . |