Example sentences of "what they [vb base] [verb] [prep] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | because what they 've done on that pattern , why they 've got so many different colours , where it mixes so you 've got your red and your |
| 2 | oh , you know , that 's , that 's it because for thirteen years they have dismantled the social system , that 's what they 've done in thirteen years , so they ca n't say overnight , we 'll put it all back because there is n't , there , there is n't the finance there because they 've spent it all to have done what they 've done |
| 3 | If anyone wanted to attempt it from what they 've read in this book , I would strongly recommend that they think very carefully about it before they acquire a bird . |
| 4 | What they 've come into common use . |
| 5 | Do you know what they 've got on next week or not ? |
| 6 | If not there 's a couple of terrorists loose in England and I do n't like to think what they 've got in that car . ’ |
| 7 | I do n't know what they 've got in this one . |
| 8 | The Ekeko 's fair is where dreams and wishes are sold , where even the city 's poorest inhabitants can buy , in miniature , what they hope to obtain in real life during the course of the coming year . |
| 9 | The principal , who has already forecast that the dispute could place the future of the school and 50 jobs in jeopardy , said he was anxious to have talks with the strikers ‘ to explore what they hope to gain through possible further strike action and for how long they are likely to continue . ’ |
| 10 | That speakers do introduce what they want to say via some form of personal reference has a noticeable effect on the structure of contributions in conversational discourse . |
| 11 | Two people who think they are disagreeing may , in fact , be talking about different things and would n't disagree if they were talking about the same thing , but it 's important to recognise that when the university and colleges talk about what they want to do about sexual harassment , they certainly imagine that a range of different forms of response are going to be appropriate to this range of different forms of behaviour , ranging from on the one hand education , encouraging people to think they have a right to protest and answer back , to giving them access to erm people who may mediate and persuade another person who they 're not making an impact on that their behaviour is unreasonable , to the most extreme disciplinary procedures against someone who 's behaving in a way which is generally thought to be unacceptable and who 's not prepared to desist . |
| 12 | decide whether or not they really need to be on that site for fourteen hours or can they do what they need to do in four ? |
| 13 | They may think that they are realistically aware of what they are letting themselves in for and what they need to know about each other 's strengths and weaknesses . |
| 14 | What they do have in common is that in all cases industry will be looking for the location where it can make the best profit . |
| 15 | But on the whole once I 've got talking it 's been very successful , and people are always amazed at what they do remember in great detail about how they got things , why they got them , when they got them , and I think by and large the people that I have talked to have found it very interesting to do for themselves as well as for me . |
| 16 | They may use gross insults to intimidate , and endearments to redefine what they have done as consensual sex or love instead of rape , assault and battery . |
| 17 | Thatcher and her supporters ’ seem intent on doing to the NHS what they have done to other public services such as gas and water . |
| 18 | It is a sad comment on our society that the Government can not see what they have done to young people and can not see the relationship between what they have done and the crime rate . |
| 19 | We can do the work by using photographs or drawings initially , but it 's often more exciting for the children to make the images themselves , perhaps later drawing what they have done in comic strip form , making their own comic based on the story that 's been created in the drama . |
| 20 | He rightly paid tribute to the West Midlands police for what they have done in this process . |
| 21 | People will not give up lightly what they have gained under this Government , and they will not easily embrace a creed that has been rejected by so many nations in recent years . |
| 22 | ‘ I think it 's remarkable what they have achieved in such a short space of time . |
| 23 | The wall running up to the skyline beyond Middle Washfold points the way to the summit of Ingleborough and is the route usually followed by Three Peaks walkers , but others not committed to this arduous marathon , especially if inspired by what they have seen at Great Douk and Middle Washfold , may wish to linger on the easy ground below the steepening slopes . |
| 24 | Parents have to trust that what they have taught in earlier years and , ideally , been able to demonstrate in their own relationship together , will have provided patterns to be followed . |
| 25 | Since the contributors to the literature on the new classical macroeconomics rarely take the trouble to furnish a fully articulated theory of the firm in which cost shocks are given equal prominence with demand shocks , one is entitled to take what they have to say on short-run supply responses with a large fistful of salt . |
| 26 | What they have combined with this has been a church growth philosophy that has been remarkably successful . |
| 27 | Exercises focus on structural and functional items and are based on authentic situations and tasks which require students to apply what they have learned to related problem situations . |
| 28 | Exercises focus on structural and functional items and are based on authentic situations and tasks which require students to apply what they have learned to related problem situations . |