Example sentences of "what [verb] [pers pn] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | His sleeves were rolled up — which was what led me to make such an assumption — but really it was his hair that set the tone . |
| 2 | ( Note : in order to answer this type of question it is necessary to look at what was counted as explanation by this school , i.e. what led them to believe this ? ) |
| 3 | What led you to try this ? |
| 4 | Oh , I do n't know what made me do that , rotten thing to do , that was . |
| 5 | But then , when I come to think and ask myself what made me like this , I have n't far to seek the answer . |
| 6 | ( my thanks to the somewhat bemused friend I just telephoned and asked to tell me the first ten objects that came into her mind — though I do wonder about her and what made her choose those particular objects ) . |
| 7 | Well some of the questions you think erm you think erm you know , are n't they a bit well way out or what made them ask that . |
| 8 | Well , well , I wonder what made him do that , and in public too . |
| 9 | What made him return that one time ? ’ |
| 10 | ‘ What made you do that ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ What made you choose that particular shop ? ’ |
| 12 | What , what made you choose that as an occupation ? |
| 13 | And what made you choose this particular part of |
| 14 | ‘ They were beautiful — I just wondered what made you choose those in particular . |
| 15 | ‘ What made you think that , Miss Tilley ? ’ said Spruce patiently . |
| 16 | What made you think that ? |
| 17 | What made you think that ? |
| 18 | In Section 2 he rejects the suggestion , conveyed by the exclamation , ‘ Surely a similarity must strike us , or we should n't be moved to use the same word ’ , that some act must precede the act of using the word ; and in Sections 5 and 10 he talks about the ‘ mistake ’ labelled by the word ‘ to make ’ as it occurs in the question , ‘ What made you call this ‘ red ’ ? ’ ) |
| 19 | ‘ What made you come all the way out here just for a drink anyway ? ’ enquired Sheila . |
| 20 | What made you dig this information out ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ What has he got that I could n't give you ? ’ he asked in a dull tone that chilled Ruth more than if he had bawled at her . |
| 22 | What did you put what d' ya mean that 's really inferior . |
| 23 | Well now what d' you think that name would mean ? |
| 24 | ‘ What d' you think this is ? |
| 25 | ‘ What d' you call that disorganised scramble ? |
| 26 | " What d' you call that , Stephen ? " |
| 27 | I forgot er I have n't watched the television at all and I forgot to record what d' you call that thing ? with the devil in it ? |
| 28 | ‘ What d' you call this poncin' pap then ? ’ he raged , ‘ I ca n't eat this muck . ’ |
| 29 | I got myself invited along as I wanted to find out what drove him to travel all the way from Surrey to South Wales nearly every weekend . |
| 30 | What leads you to believe this ? ’ |