Example sentences of "what they were do [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In other words , the managers at the LBO could have achieved similar results without a buy-out ; what they were doing was seizing the gain for themselves . |
| 2 | They each believed that what they were doing was vital for the betterment of the world as each saw it and neither would give way to the other , or defer in any way to the other 's claimed priority in attention , preference or responsibility . |
| 3 | No-one should ever think that what they were doing was too small . |
| 4 | But Suzy said there were all kinds of awards young people could get , particularly if what they were doing was connected with conservation — I was really surprised . |
| 5 | The defendants claimed that what they were doing was in furtherance of their dispute with the provincial newspapers . |
| 6 | Because , what they were doing was their best . |
| 7 | what they were doing was taking turns , one bloke was doing three man 's jobs while the other two was a kip |
| 8 | The problem with many of the parents we interviewed of primary school children was that they did n't really know what their children were doing at school a lot of the time and , because they did n't know what they were doing , they sort of feared that it , they were n't doing anything or that what they were doing was not actual work , what they remembered as work . |