Example sentences of "but [Wh det] [verb] [pron] [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Matthew thought his mother sounded very young , her voice bright with some emotion he could not quite define but which made him feel instantly — paternally — protective . |
| 2 | A second opinion was sought and , short-sightedly , my parents agreed to put me in those gorgeous National Health jobs which are now sported by your average Yuppie but which made you look second only in berkishness to the kid in the owl specs with Elastoplast all over one lens . |
| 3 | " But whatever do you think made you faint ? |
| 4 | But what made him choose to devote himself to mathematics was his finding in 1795 of the criterion for a regular n-gon to be constructible using only compass and straightedge . |
| 5 | She knew he was in a position to do what he wished , but what made him think she would enjoy it ? |
| 6 | But what made him decide to do something about it ? |
| 7 | But what made me decide I 'd had enough was when one night about 11pm I was about to climb into bed when the bell rang from the drawing room so I had to slip some clothes on and go and answer it . |
| 8 | For a long time I never realised how badly paid and overworked I was , but what made me feel bad in those days was the rudeness and lack of respect with which I and other Asian women were treated by the supervisors . |
| 9 | That was how I wanted it to be , but what made me ache was the knowledge that Jo could n't have all she wanted : to he the writer of stories , whose stories were her children , but heart-breakingly not to have Laurie . |
| 10 | But what does it mean ? |
| 11 | Nutrition is a word everyone uses these days but what does it mean ? |
| 12 | But what does it mean ? |
| 13 | But what does it mean in general for actions caused by beliefs to succeed ? |
| 14 | But what does it mean to learn , and how is it best assisted ? |
| 15 | Maybe it is , but what does it mean wh what sort of thing might it refer to might think of a couple of fairly obvious ones . |
| 16 | ‘ But what does it mean ? |
| 17 | but what does it mean that Jesus Christ stake his life for a ransom , why was pulling out |
| 18 | The question that should be asked at this point is not whether the West should intervene militarily , but what does it want out of such an exploit ? |
| 19 | ‘ Yes , in I said patiently , ‘ but what does it do ? ’ |
| 20 | What do you think Audrey 'd like , indeed if I know — and Joan 's getting to the stage where she looks at toys and says politely , " Yes , but what does it do ? " |
| 21 | Yeah , but what does it do ? |
| 22 | That helps the audience feel involved but what does it do for you as a presenter ? |
| 23 | But what does it matter ? |
| 24 | ‘ But what does it matter , after all ? |
| 25 | But what does it say on the back of your T-shirt , Evan ? |
| 26 | ‘ But what does it say to you , love ? ’ |
| 27 | But what does it signify ? |
| 28 | But what does she think it is then ? |
| 29 | But what does he want with me ? |
| 30 | ‘ But what does he mean — the Glory 's dangerous ? ’ |