Example sentences of "[coord] what they [verb] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I literally had to plunge into the abyss and find out what I could about what they were doing to me , or what they wanted me to do . |
| 2 | The workers for whom employers competed were not merely the ones with the bargaining strength to make unions practicable , but also those most aware that ‘ the market ’ alone guaranteed them neither security nor what they thought they had a right to . |
| 3 | I contacted schools , newspapers and magazines for young women willing to fill in a questionnaire or be interviewed about self-image , and what they told me forms the main part of this book . |
| 4 | A look at Words and Sounds ; how they 're put together and what they make us do . |
| 5 | AND WHAT THEY WISHED THEY 'D NEVER BOUGHT |
| 6 | The only evidence from that dream is the feeling of childhood — all childhoods , probably : the puzzlement of the child watching from the pavement , wondering what 's going on , what they , the adults are up to , what they want from you , and what they expect you to do . |
| 7 | Pride is a state in which people seek attention and recognition for what they think they are and what they think they have done . |
| 8 | Yeah because you know why people never tried him , cos everyone used to sit like like some people that are rubbish at the game yeah , they say oh , this Guy 's shit and what they do they say oh , it 's shit and tell everyone do n't be him , do n't him he 's shit . |
| 9 | Secondly , with long-established products it may put off loyal users if you start messing about with ‘ their ’ brand and what they believe it to stand for . |
| 10 | People did n't have much to give but what they gave they gave with a good heart you know . |
| 11 | I mean Preston is about twenty miles south of er where we are but I know that there are gardens north of where we are that do grow good peaches but what they do they cover the er plants during the early spring round about February time and they cover it with very fine ne net , that 's all they need to do with it just cover it up when the flowers are out , make sure that they lift it off every now and again to do the pollinating , get them set and then when the frosts have gone take the net off . |