Example sentences of "what [verb] [pron] [vb infin] [adv prt] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What made me go out that night when , normally , I would have stayed in and watched television ? |
| 2 | For several seconds I do n't know what made me wake up . |
| 3 | ‘ I heard a lot of apples fall — that 's what made me come over , ’ said the farmer . |
| 4 | That 's what made us play up , people just sitting there , not able to go up to the STU [ occupational therapy ] because there was n't enough officers or staff to take us . |
| 5 | ‘ What made you give up your privileged life to join this man ? ’ |
| 6 | What made you give up education ? |
| 7 | What made you give up ? |
| 8 | ‘ What made you call in ? |
| 9 | ‘ By the way , I never did ask you — what made you come round to the cottage that night ? ’ |
| 10 | Charles could have chosen any excuse for the phone call and it was pure chance that he had lighted on the meaningless ‘ numberplate racket ’ I ‘ So that 's what made you drive down in the Datsun , and move the plan forward , and lose a quarter of a million pounds ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ So what made you join up ? ’ |
| 12 | He felt bold enough to ask her : ‘ What made you run out of Mr Zamoyski 's ? ’ |
| 13 | What do they go in ? |
| 14 | ‘ What do they quarrel about ? ’ asked Ruth . |
| 15 | " What do they talk over ? " |
| 16 | ‘ What do they sing about ? ’ she asked quietly . |
| 17 | ‘ What do they get up to , then . |
| 18 | What do they get back on them ? |
| 19 | What do they teach in crammers these days ? |
| 20 | What do they keep on going back to ? |
| 21 | And they , what do they add up to ? |
| 22 | We get rid of the cycling working party and what do we do out of the ashes rises another prefix , the transport work . |
| 23 | a hundred , you know that , you just sort of , you 've just been doing it on those out of your head , so we 've got two hundred times , now what do we finish off with , we finish off with once |
| 24 | What do we bring back to England ? |
| 25 | He said to me ‘ What do we get out of this ? |
| 26 | What do we win on |
| 27 | What do I want out of my working life ? |
| 28 | Ask yourself the question ‘ What do I want out of life ? ’ |
| 29 | ‘ What do I smell off ? ’ |
| 30 | What do I leave out ? |