Example sentences of "did not [vb infin] what be [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They frequently did not read what was written . |
| 2 | If we did n't do what was done at Castlewellan we would have had a complete sell out . ’ |
| 3 | Implicit in Paul 's description of another student is the idea that , although the student did n't do what was required , he got round it in such a clever and ingenious way , that he still deserved to do well in it ; indeed , Paul said that ‘ there is less understanding in lab work than there is ingenuity ’ . |
| 4 | But of course the higher standards they 've got no protection cos they did n't want what was offered . |
| 5 | It did n't matter what was said now . |
| 6 | Sebastian refused to be quashed , then found that as he did n't have what was called a proper income he had problems in obtaining a mortgage . |
| 7 | Erm we did n't have what was known nowadays as a formal disciplinary procedure . |
| 8 | But , really , if they did n't understand what was meant by ‘ depose ’ , they deserve all the trouble they got . |
| 9 | And er after that , my father went with the rounds with the collieries , where you had to belong to union to go to them , and Colliery did n't accept what was called the old union . |