Example sentences of "what they do [not/n't] [verb] be " in BNC.
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| 1 | What they did n't expect was a sudden erosion of their lead in the later stages of the game , and they were glad to come out of it with their scalp intact . |
| 2 | What they did n't make was a meal . |
| 3 | What they did n't realise was that the places being offered were in the reception class — designed for children of five and over — not a nursery class . |
| 4 | What they did n't realize was that granules of radioactive material left in the bottom of the dissolving vessel had evaporated the residual liquid and heated up the base . |
| 5 | What they did n't realize was that for me , women in the end have everything because they have the ability to create life . |
| 6 | Our Rally was just super — more people than before — But what they did n't know was that they had a treat in store : The National Display Team came for the afternoon To show their special item — we were all over the moon ! |
| 7 | And what they did n't understand was the basic experience of any trade union branch which says if you wan na get six or eight people elected you do n't put fourteen up . |
| 8 | What they did not do is cohabit in advance of the wedding , which could well be a good thing if we choose to take seriously a recent report which says cohabitees who subsequently marry are 60% more likely to divorce than those who marry without first living together . |
| 9 | What they did not foresee was that people got the impression they were going to be crushed or trampled underfoot and , though the 30,000 portions of pie were eaten , many people opted to stay away . |
| 10 | What they did not realize was that the express train had a restaurant car and the slow train did not . |
| 11 | What they did not know was Kylie 's principles now prevented her from even touching them . |
| 12 | What they did not know was that their legendary luck was about to run out . |
| 13 | What they did not know was that in ten years time , that beautiful picture was to be blighted by Britain 's first commercial nuclear power station . |
| 14 | What they did not know was that the examination of the diamonds had finished before midnight to the complete satisfaction of Zack and his accomplices . |
| 15 | But what they do not show is what teenage girls feel . |
| 16 | What they do not do is to make the case for charging token sums to a small minority of users . |
| 17 | What they do not like is being let down . |
| 18 | What they do not say is that on this ‘ best ’ measure , police performance has in fact improved marginally , not declined ( from 7.9 in 1972 to 9.6 in 1986 . ) |
| 19 | Those of you who are involved in deciding whether to apply for a place in further or higher education will already know a good deal about how to read prospectuses without believing everything they say : what they do not say is just as important . |
| 20 | We should read the catalogue descriptions with circumspection — what they do not say is invariably more important than what they do — and we need to be more guarded when reading articles by newspaper reporters whose effusions are often more flamboyant than they should be . |
| 21 | It must sometimes puzzle the Russians how easy it is to plant such nonsense on British intelligence but what they do not appreciate is that if defectors did not invent such silly tales MI5 and MI6 would do so themselves anyway . |
| 22 | What they do n't realise is that sycamore reacts with light . |
| 23 | ‘ What they do n't realise is that they are dealing with a high-risk food product , ’ he warned . |
| 24 | Like people saying PJ Harvey will be amazing when she gets outside herself … what they do n't realise is that she already has . |
| 25 | ‘ What they do n't know is that we do n't look like that either . ’ |
| 26 | Tax reductions , of that 's nice , interest rates or something and those said oh they 're two high over here , in America they 're four per cent , now what they do n't see is the interest rates are linked with the amount of peop the amount of people earn , the amount of people actually save |
| 27 | What they do n't have is the conductor 's ear and conductor's-eye view of the music . |
| 28 | plenty of companies that er er this these er these can be printed by most printing companies what they do n't have is the infrastructure and the backup er |
| 29 | But what they do n't have is is that team of individuals throughout the U K funding something which is presented free to the client . |
| 30 | They might laugh when I wave my hands in the air , but what they do n't understand is , my fingers are dancing to high hat rhythms . ’ |