Example sentences of "do what they [vb base] [pron] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Although people do not always do what they say they do , where there is a mismatch between what they do and say , we can assume that there is some reason for this . |
| 2 | Presidents , on the other hand , can rarely issue plausible , self-executing commands ; for the most part they must persuade rather than order other political actors to do what they want them to do . |
| 3 | In utterly mundane terms it means getting polluters to do what they want them to do . |
| 4 | They 're the ones who get everybody else to do what they want them to do , like die for them and work for them and get them into power and protect them and pay taxes and buy them toys , and they 're the ones who 'll survive another big war , in their bunkers and tunnels . |
| 5 | It is with good reason that presidents constantly complain of the large problems they face in trying to get the bureaucracy to do what they want it to do . |