Example sentences of "[noun] [vb past] what they [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | When he returned Mum asked what they had said . |
| 2 | Atlanticists attacked what they saw as a false parallelism in de Gaulle 's treatment of the two superpowers . |
| 3 | We 'll never know what really happened but I think the KGB got what they wanted — the English couple and their car . |
| 4 | If the value was fixed by bidding , would it mean that the richest nations cornered what they needed and left the not-so-rich scrabbling for the left-overs ? |
| 5 | After the stridency and aggression of the school , the hate-mail , she was happy to find her temporary asylum in this gentle household where voices were never raised , where no one obsessively analysed her every sentence in the hope of detecting racist , sexist or fascist undertones , where words meant what they had meant for generations , where obscenities were unknown or at least unspoken , where there was the grace of good order symbolized for her in Mr Copley 's reading of the Church 's daily offices , Morning Prayer and Evensong . |
| 6 | The premier league side did what they had to do … |
| 7 | It does however , seem likely that working class wives were tolerant of occasional abuse , provided that husbands had what they considered ‘ just cause ’ . |
| 8 | I was living at my folks and then my parents found what they thought was a lump of cannabis in my pocket . |
| 9 | The horse still searched desperately for a footing in the soft , moving earth of the cliff-side and Maggie felt that every bone in her body was jarred as the flying hoofs found what they sought . |
| 10 | The workers got what they wanted and these vital public services remained freely available . |
| 11 | Alexander was born nearly four months early while Alison and husband took what they thought would be a final child-free holiday in Florida . |
| 12 | Alexander was born nearly four months early while Alison and husband took what they thought would be a final child-free holiday in to Florida . |
| 13 | Rain wondered what they had spoken about , how long the conversation had lapsed before she joined them . |
| 14 | And when Victor realised what they 'd done he was furious . |
| 15 | And the King believed what they said , and was wroth against the Cid , having no love towards him because of the oath which he had pressed upon him at Burgos concerning the death of King Don Sancho his brother . |
| 16 | Robin studied what they did and replied to an article in the race programme which invited applications for marshals . |
| 17 | Certainly the fifties was remarkable for the self-assuredness with which writers defended what they saw as a fresh start for English literature , and for the equally unanimous revision this view underwent not ten years later . |
| 18 | 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 ! |
| 19 | Many people believed what they read to be the literal truth : it was even dangerous to use humour at times , because the underlying point was often missed and the joke taken seriously instead . |
| 20 | Er , people chose what they wanted to do . |
| 21 | THREE large ladies wearing Viking helmets sang what they called George Bush 's swansong outside the White House yesterday . |
| 22 | If only people knew what they flew over . |
| 23 | People liked what they saw in Reagan and the campaign was won in that debate . |
| 24 | Gabriel outlined what they knew , and what was coming to them . |
| 25 | 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 ) . |
| 26 | My view was that people wanted what they regarded as their own pension and my aim was to ensure an expansion in provision . |
| 27 | But , they had a lot of trouble as the builders took what they like , so , we 've got to watch these , this building . |
| 28 | It would put them in an impossible position if a legally-binding Living Will demanded what they considered unethical or bad medical practice . |
| 29 | Then came the Russian revolution ; late in 1917 , the new Soviet leaders renounced what they considered the czar 's unequal treaties and subsequently the Cossack officers were withdrawn from Iran . |
| 30 | The Soviets obtained what they had hoped for since the war : an agreement that European borders should be changed only by peaceful means , which in effect recognised the post-war settlement in Eastern Europe . |