Example sentences of "what [verb] [pers pn] [prep] the " in BNC.
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| 1 | J. V. Night duty was what got me off the job . |
| 2 | ‘ I soon learnt what made it all happen … what got you in the mood , eh Bella ? |
| 3 | ‘ That 's what bugs me about the experience . |
| 4 | ‘ Supposing that 's the case , what led you to the Skein of Geese in the first place ? ’ |
| 5 | This last characteristic is of central importance : this , above all else , is what associates him with the earlier philhellenes and their quest for wholeness , and sets him against his own scholarly profession . |
| 6 | What separates them from the dwindling ranks of mediocre C86-type bands are their songs : sparkling things that are packed full of love-drenched sentiments , mood-lifting hooklines and wonderful tunes . |
| 7 | What such an identification involved becomes apparent in Prisoner in a passage which renders the crucial difference not one of colour , yet by the same criterion reinstates the distinction between blacks and whites : ‘ What separates us from the Blacks today is not so much the colour of our skin or the type of our hair as the phantom-ridden psyche we never see except when a Black lets fall some joking and to us cryptic phrase . |
| 8 | It is accepted that what separates us from the other creatures sharing our planet is our capacity to think . |
| 9 | ‘ What angers me about the system goes beyond the unreliability of ‘ proof ’ … it 's that the way criminals are dealt with has nothing to do with rehabilitation and readjusting people who 've stepped outside society 's norms . |
| 10 | That 's what has them on the run although , in the end , they 'll be forced to give birth . |
| 11 | What worries me at the moment about the proposals is that there is discrimination not only against the United Kingdom but against Europe in the way in which the Commission is carrying out the negotiations with the United States . |
| 12 | No , what drew me to the Hall was personal . |
| 13 | As mentioned earlier , it is possible to treat certain phobias ( although not all ) by hypnosis without ever having to discover what caused them in the first place , and for some patients this is all they require . |
| 14 | But , apart from the fact that there are some patients who , however straightforward their problem may seem , insist upon knowing what caused it in the first place , self-understanding is the key to the successful resolution of any emotional problem . |
| 15 | What attracted me to the job/career advertised ? |
| 16 | And er what attracted you to the job , did you know somebody that worked here ? |
| 17 | What sustains me in the search for a response to Gettier is the feeling that it may be possible to find an account of what knowledge is which will have a substantial effect on what we are to say about justification in later parts of this book . |
| 18 | ‘ Money is my motivation , but what keeps me at the top is that I 'm petrified of losing . |
| 19 | ‘ What depresses me about the whole position is that skills are so important and the lack of them now is undermining our whole competitive position . |
| 20 | Also , when you die you get to choose whereabouts on the screen to restart , avoiding the trap of landing you right in the middle of what killed you in the first place . |
| 21 | Just what gets them in the mood I 'm not sure , but I have seen them indulge in this activity in all but the wettest or snowiest conditions . |
| 22 | It 's what gets us through the day . ’ |
| 23 | Yeah , I guess it depends on what titillates you at the end of the day . |
| 24 | ‘ What saddened me about the reviews , ’ said Crawford , ‘ was n't so much that they had a go at the play , but they did n't recognise all the work done for me by the rest of the team . |
| 25 | What interested me at the time was whether the ‘ naturally ’ weak non-metallic crystals could be made strong too . |
| 26 | What decided her in the end was that the new job specification covered much of the work she had already been doing at Stoy 's for C&R and she was loth to let it go . |
| 27 | The fact that it aims to provide a systematic account of time use is what distinguishes it from the literary diary . |
| 28 | ‘ What distinguishes us from the rest of the industry is that we do research to prove the claims we make , ’ he says . |
| 29 | And I 'm intrigued , I must confess , about what kept you from the delights of the flesh for so long , Caroline — since , once initiated , you showed a remarkable talent for sensual enjoyment . ’ |
| 30 | That 's what brought him to the Sleek Physique club in Didcot at the weekend — together with a legion of fans . |