Example sentences of "[conj] what [pron] [vb -s] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | 1.46 Given this formality of pleading it is easy to overlook the basic rule that what one does not plead one will not get at trial . |
| 2 | An R&D worker is aware that what he does today will not affect company output in this order of time span . |
| 3 | However , it must be pointed out that what he has consistently proposed does not require the arts to be subjected to ‘ scientific or quasi-scientific ’ forms of measurement . |
| 4 | It 's bigger than what it looks really |
| 5 | It is based on what the speaker wants to announce as his/her starting point and what s/he goes on to say about it . |
| 6 | Well he 's like that different taste , never sort of with Christopher stands for what he likes and what he does n't like , shall we mix it round a bit more to mix in ? |
| 7 | Inwardly he calls upon his pride to remind himself who he is and what he has already achieved . |
| 8 | What I asked the right hon. Gentleman — and what he has still not answered — is , would the Government veto a treaty with the word ’ federal ’ in it ? |
| 9 | And what he enjoys even more is the knowledge that their affection is based upon patronizing him from what they take to be their greater radicalism ; while in fact , under the surface , he is more radical than they will ever be . |
| 10 | To the Englishman , it is both what is and what he believes always has been . |
| 11 | And what it does really is keep the belt firm so when it goes on the former it keeps it firm . |
| 12 | It has taken a closer look at what it pays and what it gets out of its Brussels El Dorado , and it is not happy . |
| 13 | Anyway , I went into it to basically find who in the fuck I was , and what it comes down to is having a wank every five minutes of every day . |
| 14 | It is also useful to look at the bibliography or index to see what it includes and what it misses out . |
| 15 | Perhaps Sir Ian should lend Mr Major a hand by telling us what the average shopper 's trolley contained in 1979 , and what it contains today . |
| 16 | But what he does n't do is stuff his secretary silly with volumes of useless memos to be re-stuffed into overflowing filing cabinets . |
| 17 | The three men were working on the bridge when a cradle supporting them collapsed ; nineteen year old Mark Seaton from Chepstow in Gwent says he knows he 's lucky but what he feels most is anger . |
| 18 | A musician can fool himself and say , ‘ Yeah , I 'm doing great because I 'm getting all these write-ups and my career seems to be looking good , ’ but what it boils down to is what you 're actually doing — whether or not you 're breaking any new ground in music . |
| 19 | The second factor is less obviously helpful at first glance but what it adds up to is calorie saving ! |
| 20 | The arts world has almost grown accustomed to the hand-to-mouth condition in which it is kept , but what it has not become resigned to over the long period of Tory rule is the positive hostility to its aims and values . |
| 21 | But what it has n't got is just as important . |
| 22 | but I think that , that with what it is you know , but then I say she 's got that anyway , she 's not as , as tough as what she makes out , but er it would be worth having a look you never know what 's in there , and I say I must pick up a couple of paper towels |