Example sentences of "[vb infin] what he [verb] [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Hamish McLeod from the University of Edinburgh will describe what he has been doing and discuss what teachers might do . |
| 2 | He did n't know what he had been expecting , but he felt very disappointed . |
| 3 | ‘ I do n't like what he 's been saying . ’ |
| 4 | Ignoring Havvie Blaine , Stair , the astonished Mr Sands who could hardly believe what he had been hearing , and all the other spectators , he dragged her across the room and through a side-door by the small stage , into a long corridor . |
| 5 | Chairman , I 've listened with erm interest to Professor erm weasel words explaining that he did n't mean what he 's been saying for the past three years and trying to explain away what he 's effectively and he might as well admit it a complete volte face worse than that his agreement to an arrangement which he knows is second best . |
| 6 | One day he would open up a book — some new sword-and-sorcery trilogy , probably — and something he would read there would trigger what he knew was locked away in his own brain somewhere . |
| 7 | Did he say what he 'd been doing with himself ? |
| 8 | And he listened , he would n't really say what he had been doing , but later he showed me some of the things he 'd done in the Hebrides . |