Example sentences of "they [vb past] what they [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ They got what they deserved , ’ he told me , and that , I 'm afraid , is what will be remembered of the European Tour . |
| 2 | ‘ They got what they wanted , maybe Ii can get what I want too ’ ’ — let's go electric . |
| 3 | They got what they wanted . |
| 4 | They got what they wanted , they got . |
| 5 | So let's add a couple more columns in and then back here you can have a look at whether they actually gain those , whether they got what they wanted . |
| 6 | They are poor and often hungry but they shared what they had with us . |
| 7 | First , they attacked what they saw as the belles-lettrist and philological establishment within the discipline . |
| 8 | He hated untidiness and waste ; he thought that babies who threw things from their cradles should be punished , and children who would n't eat their food should be starved until they ate what they had been given in the first place . ’ |
| 9 | If they deserved what they got , then they had too much . |
| 10 | But when they arrived what they got was far from a welcome home . |
| 11 | They achieved what they had set out to do , and so the thirty-six hour homeward journey would be that more tolerable . |
| 12 | They performed their task conscientiously under solemn oath and they placed what they thought was an accurate valuation upon every pot and pan , every piece of furniture , each farm animal and even the manure . |
| 13 | They took what they wanted and would brook no defiance . |
| 14 | Two days later 10 opposition parties and groups issued a joint statement in which they denounced what they described as the over-representation of the ruling Patriotic Salvation Movement ( MPS ) on the commission . |
| 15 | But I think they make a bit idle because they knew what they knew what I w You know I was able to serve the what they wanted is n't it . |
| 16 | Then , under hypnosis , they were regressed fourteen days to the time or the showing of the film and they were able to watch it again in their minds only — but this time , of course , they were aware of the questions in advance and so they knew what they had to look out for . |
| 17 | Mostly , they saw what they expected — and because the trash with whom Charlie had his dealings were rarely the deepest or most sober of men , their expectations tended to be predictable and few . |
| 18 | They saw what they took to be a wild-eyed drunk , well dressed and bleeding from a blow on the mouth . |
| 19 | In some cases , they meant what they said ; by 1986 , some foreigners had been evacuated from Lebanon four times in 12 years . |
| 20 | From these they summarised what they judged to have been established . |
| 21 | The eagle stared back at him proudly and without fear and Mr Wolski wondered how long he would be here in captivity , staring out at the same things year after year , his great wings never feeling the power and support of the wind , his talons never arcing forward and down as they did what they had been made for and struck at prey . |
| 22 | They did what they thought was best in the circumstances . ’ |
| 23 | I want to know why they did it and especially why they did what they did with the head … |
| 24 | But erm they 're bloody daft if they did what they did last time anyway ! |
| 25 | Then they discussed what they had in mind for the publicity . |
| 26 | Well this morning I were listening to er Roy Normal on the , the Welsh radio programmes and he was talking to er various people and he told one young woman who had been in a certain area in world where they were filming , er and she 'd gone to see this filming with Alan Ladd and all these , you know , and anyway she goes she went into the er local chip shop and the er assistant for the film , the labourer came in and ordered , ordered forty packet of chips and er and he was saying oh it were for film you see , so she thought I 'd go down and see what 's happening , so she went down to the pier end and they were all er doing the performance and er , the producer says now all you people there , he says that 's interested , he said would you all go onto the pier , he says and talk he says and read , make it , you know make it interesting , so they all piled onto the pier and er , they filmed what they had to film with the pier in the background and all the people that were on the pier , so this girl was on the film you know , then after it had finished , he thanked everybody , he says now then do n't walk off the pier , he says will you as you 're going off walk past this , the table at the end there and their bloke give them three pound ten a piece |
| 27 | It is the ‘ power behind the product ’ and judging by what they said — they liked what they saw . |
| 28 | Coun. Richmond said : ‘ They said they were looking to form trade links with Darlington because they liked what they saw here . |
| 29 | They said what they mean by using it properly , I mean |
| 30 | No Well Yes they had what they called brakes that came in . |