Example sentences of "what [verb] you [vb infin] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ What made you do that ? ’ |
| 2 | ‘ What made you choose that particular shop ? ’ |
| 3 | What , what made you choose that as an occupation ? |
| 4 | And what made you choose this particular part of |
| 5 | ‘ They were beautiful — I just wondered what made you choose those in particular . |
| 6 | ‘ What made you think that , Miss Tilley ? ’ said Spruce patiently . |
| 7 | What made you think that ? |
| 8 | What made you think that ? |
| 9 | 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 ’ ? ’ ) |
| 10 | ‘ What made you come all the way out here just for a drink anyway ? ’ enquired Sheila . |
| 11 | What made you dig this information out ? ’ |
| 12 | Well now what d' you think that name would mean ? |
| 13 | ‘ What d' you think this is ? |
| 14 | ‘ What d' you call that disorganised scramble ? |
| 15 | " What d' you call that , Stephen ? " |
| 16 | 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 ? |
| 17 | ‘ What d' you call this poncin' pap then ? ’ he raged , ‘ I ca n't eat this muck . ’ |
| 18 | And er she 'd say erm tt what do you want all those knickers for ? |
| 19 | What do you want that on for ? |
| 20 | ‘ Anyway , ’ said Gazzer , ‘ what do you want those for ? |
| 21 | What do you do that for ? |
| 22 | ‘ And what do you do all day ? ’ asks a city visitor . |
| 23 | " What do you do all day when you 're ill ? " |
| 24 | But what do you do all year , if you live there ? |
| 25 | ‘ What do you possess that was not given you ? ’ |
| 26 | What do you collect these days ? |
| 27 | Now that 's the piece that you 'd get if there were twelve of you sharing out one pizza so what do you think that 's called ? |
| 28 | We 're in the bottom of the tower so , what do you think that was ? |
| 29 | Okay so if I do ten take away seven what do you think that will come to ? |
| 30 | What do you think that does for ? |