Example sentences of "he [adv] [verb] what [det] " in BNC.

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1 He also understood what few canvassers of the more earnest sort admit , even to themselves : that canvassing in a parliamentary election is not supposed to change electors ' minds .
2 He also did what any American college president is expected to do — he raised money , leaving the college on a sounder footing , both financially and academically , than it had been when he took office .
3 The problem with Seawright was that he openly voiced what many people took to be the true feelings of Democratic Unionists , often to the embarrassment of the DUP spokesmen who were presenting a more moderate position .
4 He even played what some call the ‘ race card ’ , and others see as a proper concern for social cohesion .
5 He never knew what these special things were and tried to find out by sneaking down there at night , but the shed door was always locked .
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