Example sentences of "[Wh det] [vb past] [pers pn] [vb infin] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | It shows signs of spreading , which made me think it must be lead and , therefore , a .22 . |
| 2 | Now why , what made them take it to the stage |
| 3 | I think that was partly what made him do it . |
| 4 | ‘ So what made you do it ? ’ |
| 5 | What made you do it . |
| 6 | What made you think it was n't ? |
| 7 | ‘ What made you buy it , ’ she asked tightly , ‘ right next door to my father ? |
| 8 | I said to 'im , ‘ Whatever made yer do it , Ernie ? ’ |
| 9 | Whatever did they do it for ? |
| 10 | What did we do it for ? |
| 11 | We had to put it in erm oh what did we call it oh dear a little vice and er put a ball , about three inches long and then er put it into the plug and erm put the cap , the little brass cap but also the I 've made a mistake there , before we did that we had to put the natural plug in and in that plug there were five like aluminium coloured er pins , each of a different size and we had to learn to read the key for the various depths you see and we had boxes of pins with the different sizes in and er then put those in the plug and then push the key in and but we 'd got to , we got to file , we had to file the bars and also the little brass caps to get all the edge the , I forget what we used to call it now , off the cap to get it smooth and then get it in our own vice and screw , screw them down and there were thirty two , there were three key keys to each , each lock , and er we had to file them until they were ready and they worked easily push the key in properly , and we also used to put black lead in , you could not put oil because they would have stopped the springs working and we had a little box of ordinary oh like the black lead that we used to black lead the graves , put some on the key and push that then and work it round , and that was the erm that was made it work freely you see and then there was erm a half a gross to each board , and three , three keys to each one and then erm we , we filed the various things ourselves , but then they would take that away from you and bring you more you see and then when eventually the keys had to be polished and it was only a favourite few that were allowed to sit down to sort the keys out to com to complete them you see , but it was very very interesting work and I enjoyed being there but you |
| 12 | What did they do it for ? |
| 13 | You know that lady that did the thing so Lary what did you w and you say the children w meant knew what it meant , what did they say it meant ? |
| 14 | It was as if the magic house in the wood had had an invisible fence set around it or — what did they call it ? — a shutting spell . |
| 15 | And after that you 'd go to your own classes and you had a , a set er what did they call it ? |
| 16 | What did 'e buy it for if 'e did n't want it ? |
| 17 | What did she use it for |
| 18 | He 's done er erm tt what did she call it ? |
| 19 | Jane do n't be nosy , you should n't read other people 's things what did she say it ? |
| 20 | so , what did she say it was twenty pound an hour ? |
| 21 | What did I have it on . |
| 22 | and there 's about what did I put it ? |
| 23 | What did I say it was ? |
| 24 | what did I call it ? |
| 25 | Why , what did you think it was ? ’ |
| 26 | ‘ What did you think it was Gary for ? |
| 27 | Oh I see ja , what did you think it was for ? |
| 28 | " What did you expect it to be like ? " |
| 29 | What did you switch it on for ? |
| 30 | What did you do it for , you — ? he said , bunching his right hand into a fist and pressing it in agony into his left palm . |