Example sentences of "what they [verb] [modal v] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Pearl Assurance , the third biggest insurance company after the giant Prudential , with £9bn of reserves , asked home owners and tenants what they thought would happen to bank rates in the next few months . |
| 2 | THE foreign ministers of 19 West European countries yesterday laid the foundations for what they hope will emerge as a pan-European association joined by the reforming countries of Eastern Europe . |
| 3 | The brief given to the three craftworkers approached this year emphasised that what they produce must qualify as a high quality art object in its own right , preferably of a contemporary nature , and suitable to be displayed in the offices or boardrooms of this years ABSA award winners . |
| 4 | Today they tried to reconstruct what they think might have been his movements before the disappearance . |
| 5 | It has not stopped businessmen being asked what they think will happen to the economy if the government changes , however , even if those businessman can do nothing better than guess or regurgitate or express hopes and fears . |
| 6 | ‘ I do n't know what they think will happen to us , ’ said Camille , ‘ with their example . |
| 7 | But is this what they think will happen ? |
| 8 | I said , carefully , ‘ There 's what happens and there 's what they think will happen . |
| 9 | But is this what they think will happen ? |
| 10 | He must be ‘ full of knowledge , even of tillage and pasturage , and through teaching people by what they understand must lead them to what they understand not ’ . |
| 11 | Many have been taught that in a relationship they have no right to make demands on a partner ; to say clearly what they want may lose his affection . |
| 12 | What they learn will depend upon the content of their parents ' demands , but the initial disposition towards compliance may be critical for the effectiveness of all further attempts at discipline and social training . |
| 13 | Both have long time constants ; what they do may take months or years to show results . |