Example sentences of "really [vb past] [pron] be the [noun sg] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But what really concerned him was the voice . |
| 2 | Then I hear the guy laugh downstairs and what really woke me was the dog . |
| 3 | What really amazed me was the way the hawk seemed to know out of which hole the rabbit was going to pop even before its ears appeared . |
| 4 | ‘ What really scared me was the thought of forgetting those lines , ’ said Crawford . |
| 5 | But what really unnerved him was the landing . |
| 6 | ‘ Two of the mater 's friends died , but what really devastated her was the death of my Aunt Rosamund . |
| 7 | But what really disgusted me was the sight of other people eating . |
| 8 | What really fascinated him was the idea that it was such a small thing , in such an obscure corner of the world , and between two such insignificant creatures . |
| 9 | ‘ What really intrigued me was the scorch mark on the outside of the door facing the gallery , as well as the damage done to the heavy bedstead . |
| 10 | But what really astonished her was the way she had responded to him just now in her office . |
| 11 | It meant a loss of revenue to the clerks and the chaprassis but what really annoyed them was the loss of pride . |