Example sentences of "[vb pp] to what he [verb] " in BNC.

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1	That the King was an industrious sovereign was never disputed , but his efforts were confined to what he considered to be ‘ royal business ’ — and this did not embrace an interest in the lives and welfare of his people at large .
2	I just do n't know what was wrong with it , I 've work , Jason said Ja we a subject turned to what he wore in bed Ja and Jason said nothing , right but he said when it 's winter I wear my t-shirt and the pants and I cuddle up to my glow worm and we was all taking the mickey out of his glow worm , right so I 've come home and I read the paper and I 'll see glow worm in it , so I cut it out and give it to him and he stuck it up in the factory !
3	Gandhi 's reply to these kind of questions would probably indicate that for him morality has to be related to what he conceives religion to be .
4	Compared to what he had seem of the rest of the house , this was luxurious .
5	Its suffering would be as nothing compared to what he had in mind for Bernice .
6	It was well adapted to what he wanted : ‘ The only demand put on my work is my demand .
7	It was well adapted to what he wanted : ‘ The only demand put on my work is my demand .
8	The Minister has referred to what he described as administrative matters that he thinks are not amenable to legislation .
9	Hume argued that all our knowledge of facts ( as opposed to what he called ‘ relations of ideas ’ , as he termed the necessary , ideal truths of , for example , mathematics ) is drawn from experience and must be firmly based upon it .
10	Mike Brogden wants to see quality principles extended to what he calls the software side of the business .
11	Redford , looking craggy and bemused , has thankfully jettisoned the po-faced sermonising of such bloomers as Havana and returned to what he does best : sprinkling an intelligent script with finely tuned , anarchic quips and exhibiting twinkling vulnerability to the ladies .

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