Example sentences of "[conj] what [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Or what did happen ? |
| 2 | Material from the Bolshevik party and later the Third International was received only sporadically by individuals , although what did arrive was circulated with significant impact . |
| 3 | The village retains little of its past and it is hoped that what does remain will be preserved . |
| 4 | In essence , there is little for local authorities to do , and what does need to be done can wait at least a couple more years ! |
| 5 | And what does say about that ? says that we will keep the level of charges down in the now privately owned companies providing public utilities so there 'll be nothing for dividends . |
| 6 | And studies have shown that if people are injected , even with not a drug that sort of , satisfies their need for a while , and what does work is a change of environment for people and that does come down to people not , you know , being able to work , people being unemployed , and also peer group pressure like th , the woman said over there . |
| 7 | And what did happen ? ’ |
| 8 | And what do care about your holiday ? |
| 9 | But what does matter is that relegation of drama to the same order of non-seriousness as game , revellings and disportings , permitted an ‘ it 's only a game ’ attitude — both dismissive and tolerant — to creep in . |
| 10 | It probably does not matter what title is held by the people who will be dealing with press enquiries , but what does matter is that they should be reasonably au fait with the company and its products . |
| 11 | But what does seem clear is on the one hand the absence of any straightforward link between sexual activity per se and social morality ; and on the other , the inability and sometimes unwillingness of the ecclesiastical authorities to enforce stricter single standards . |
| 12 | But what does happen is that people are directed away from blighted homes we know that that happens , it happens all the time , as soon as a home 's name is mentioned social workers , quite honourably believe that there 's no sense in putting down people 's names , no no sense in sending people there and you would expect nothing different from them so it becomes a self fulfilling prophecy . |
| 13 | But what does amaze me , is the reason why this motion came forward in the first place . |
| 14 | There was no world war by September , but what did occur was the first major decline in the domestic popularity of his foreign policy . |
| 15 | Yes it was , and I think it also er really put paid to the journalists that came along expecting to write our political obituary , because what did come over in all the workshops er and in the main plenary sessions , was that , that local , local parties are doing very well indeed and are getting a very good reception on the doorstep , in fact some other polls on , on er the Green strategy to the environment show that people actually do still trust the Greens far more than any other party . |