Example sentences of "[noun prp] [verb] [Wh det] they " in BNC.
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| 1 | We 'll never know what really happened but I think the KGB got what they wanted — the English couple and their car . |
| 2 | In arguing against the notion that the family is the origin of society , Marx and Engels reverse what they had argued in their previous writing , but Maine 's version of the argument , which gives priority to private property , is even more opposed to their general position , and so it is not surprising that they reject Maine in favour of Morgan . |
| 3 | On the first night of Gentle Jack , Ken knew what they would be like . |
| 4 | Patsy looked at Ellie to see what they should do . |
| 5 | As Lisa 's face fell he continued , ‘ However , it would seem that poor , downtrodden Nigel has what they call a cast-iron alibi . |
| 6 | It veers from pieces that sound stilted and scripted to free-form passages when the Jamesons hold what they consider to be a conversation . |
| 7 | And Vernons know what they 're talking about — last year they had more than 400,000 lucky winners who shared more than 40 million . |
| 8 | All the statutory agencies in Northern Ireland do whatever they can to boost investment . |
| 9 | Anne and Mrs Bennet did what they could to clear up the house . |
| 10 | Nicholson explained what they were . |
| 11 | Organiser John Morgans said it was the biggest and best ever and confirmed the festival will go ahead next year , though where is not certain as Darlington prepare to move from McMullen Road to start what they hope is a new era of success . |
| 12 | Bodies such as the DFG do what they can to encourage good research , but there are unlikely to be major changes unless the need to improve research quality becomes a political priority , both at state and federal level . |
| 13 | Well Phil knows what they are . |
| 14 | Assuming he phoned Donald as soon as she began to vomit and have headaches , would n't Donald ask what they had eaten for dinner ? |
| 15 | And when Victor realised what they 'd done he was furious . |
| 16 | Robin studied what they did and replied to an article in the race programme which invited applications for marshals . |
| 17 | But the local Labour party yesterday paraded a cardboard cutout of chancellor Norman Lamont to illustrate what they called the Tories ' ’ hidden costs ’ . |
| 18 | I 'd love to make a black version , in which some kids from South Central LA , who get bussed out to the Sand Fernando Valley ( affluent LA suburb ) , decide not to go to class and start tramping around Fernando doing what they did in that movie . |
| 19 | She had thought that the woman had liked her , but the comment she had caught had been to the effect that spoiled children like Miss T. got what they deserved ! |
| 20 | Gabriel outlined what they knew , and what was coming to them . |
| 21 | The RSPCA and Greenpeace did what they could to alleviate suffering and collected detailed scientific information . |
| 22 | In 1968 Michael Young and Patrick McGeeney invented what they described as the " syllogism of parental participation : a rise in the level of parental encouragement augments children 's performance at school , teachers by involving parents in the school bring about a rise in the level of parental encouragement and teachers by involving parents in the school augment the children 's performance " ( p. 107 ) . |
| 23 | ‘ Madness ! ’ he said , when Jess explained what they were after . |
| 24 | They do n't take them under a shilling a week , and God knows what they charge when they live in . |
| 25 | God knows what they would do if they caught you detecting on a mountain bike ! |
| 26 | GOD KNOWS what they 're putting in the water in Seattle these days , but it 's got to be something pretty potent . |
| 27 | God knows what they would make of Georgina when Victoria passed on an estimate of her age . |
| 28 | God knows what they made the candy-floss out of — the colours alone looked poisonous . |
| 29 | Not now anyway , though God knows what they got up to in the past . |
| 30 | God knows what they 'd done to offend her . |