Example sentences of "[subord] what [pers pn] [vb mod] do " in BNC.
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| 1 | But the next exam on the educational ladder lays emphasis on what people know , rather than what they can do , and is seen primarily as a passport to university entry . |
| 2 | That is to say , it tended to focus on what children can not do rather than what they can do , and in ( rightly ) attending to their problems it underplayed or ignored their potential . |
| 3 | Well I can choose what I do n't want to do more than what I can do , that 's easier to you know . |
| 4 | I 've had some basics we got some nice , cos what we 'll do if we have a set is stick it on the bench , we 've got this foam cleaner , we spray it with the foam cleaner and clean it and when th |
| 5 | cos what we 'll do we 'll go out for a meal in the evening |
| 6 | Erm , cos what you would do is you would er , reset that whole range , that whole range , that whole range , that one and that one , that one , that one , that one . |
| 7 | I think the process that I 've just explained would allow that anyway , because what I would do , if I just go back over it again , supposing for argument 's sake by the end of February we 've agreed which one we think it 's going to be , we then I then go to the home . |
| 8 | well no , because what you can do know is you can go to somebody who will sit down with a mini computer and that 's what you need , a mini computer and will sit down and will look at a job and will say right , if you take this job , it can also claim Family Credit of so much , and , and they actually do a , a sort of alternative benefit calculation , and what they do is they look at , if you take this job and take all the other things into account , will you be better off ? |
| 9 | I was n't concentrating as much as what I could do , but I got over it really … |
| 10 | It is the conversation that keeps things bubbling along , ranging from such familiar male topics as what you would do if a beautiful alien wanted to have guilt-free sex with you , to how to work the video programmer . |
| 11 | So you were n't aware of what he could n't do , so much as what he could do and did do , and how little of it you could understand . |