Example sentences of "[conj] what they [verb] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Would it be out of order to ask what they do get paid , or what they did get paid ? |
| 2 | It was pointed out that candidates obtaining low marks in public examinations were demonstrating more of what they did not know than what they did know . |
| 3 | From the evidence that is available there seems to be some doubt about whether inspection is methodologically sound ( though this is mainly based on what the inspectors fail to say rather than what they do say ) . |
| 4 | Colnaghi contributed little to American museums in these years ( the 1930s and 1940s ) and what they did sell betrayed an unwillingness to adapt to the times . |
| 5 | But what they did suffer from — and what finally split them — is a time gap . |
| 6 | The ‘ middle class ’ activists did not necessarily support all the actual policies of the national party , but what they did support was the form of policymaking , and the right of the leadership to make policy . |
| 7 | Although they did n't , they did n't act illegally , they did n't say right , we 're going to make the redundancy payment act , but what they did say you retire at fifty , we will make your we will enhance your pension to what you would have got at age sixty , we will enhance your lump sum to what you would have got at age sixty and erm give you a redundancy payment from the firm and obviously everybody fifty and plus they 've gone in thousands , they had enormous waiting lists and then they had to say no , you ca n't go you know , too many people wanted to go . |
| 8 | But that 's just the point — it 's dismal and bleak and they 're frozen stiff , hoping to catch Ramirez in the stake- out and barely able to express anything , but what they do express is infinitely lugubrious and despondent . |
| 9 | But what they do ask for , and what we should be calling to this government to honour the existing contracts at Swan Hunters , to allow the workers at Swan to complete the work on the three vessels already in the river . |
| 10 | Victor and his parents have precious little but what they do have is — us ! |
| 11 | Because what they did try and do is buy the catholic club did n't they ? |