Example sentences of "what [verb] [pron] [vb infin] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ And he ca n't complain to anyone because he would have to admit what made him buy the shares . ’ |
| 2 | ‘ So what made you desert the sinking ship before the party was over ? |
| 3 | And , though I have my suspicions as to the cause , I 'd like to know what made you act the way you did . ’ |
| 4 | what d' ya reckon the idea of that was ? |
| 5 | Now what d' ya think the answer to that is ? |
| 6 | What d' ya call the whingies then ? |
| 7 | ‘ So what d' you think the Admiral was up to ? |
| 8 | It may be legal but did what do you think the chances are that the programmer who created your application anticipated the way that you are trying to use the program . |
| 9 | This is what lets us keep the price low and the quality high . |
| 10 | ‘ What do they want the pub for ? ’ he asked . |
| 11 | Compare , for example ( 63 ) and ( 64 ) : ( 63 ) they believe the aircraft hostile they believe the aircraft to be hostile how do they believe the aircraft ? what do they believe the aircraft to be ? ( 64 ) Jesse drank the whiskey neat Jesse drank the whiskey to be neat how did Jesse drink the whiskey ? what did Jesse drink the whiskey ( to be ) ? |
| 12 | Another strange job one of the younger lads did , he d he was about eighteen and er we went he went north to er north of Pickering to what do they call the forestry area there ? |
| 13 | I mean I I once had a job , it was booked Er now what do they call the road ? |
| 14 | And what do we expect the tenants on another sink estate to do when their toilets overflow , spewing sewage from the pipes outside over their bathroom floors ? |
| 15 | To what do we owe the honour ? ’ |
| 16 | What do we call the path that they follow ? |
| 17 | The Scot er we call him what do we call the Scot who lives along the way ? |
| 18 | erm What do we see the function of any particular area of law or in particular any area of the criminal law ? |
| 19 | Ask what do I expect the nurses to do at the end of the workshop . |
| 20 | What do I tell the children ? |
| 21 | ‘ What do I miss the most ? ’ |
| 22 | ‘ To what do I owe the pleasure ? , |
| 23 | ‘ Anyway , to what do I owe the pleasure of this visit ? ’ |
| 24 | 2 What do you expect the retail price to be ? $399 was suggested for the 4000 , I think , of which you said $240 would be your net receipts . |
| 25 | Second , even if the questions posed in the surveys are quantitative in nature ( for example : What do you expect the inflation rate to be in the next year ? ) and the average expectations elicited from the surveys in a particular market appear biased and inefficient , only a few ‘ sophisticated ’ individuals operating in that market could make the market function as if rational expectations were operating , even though many of the individuals operating in the market are not behaving rationally . |
| 26 | What do you expect the training to do for you ? |
| 27 | So so what do you make the cylinder block out of ? |
| 28 | What do you make the piston out of ? |
| 29 | What do you want the lead ? |
| 30 | What do you want the little one for ? |