Example sentences of "what [vb past] [pron] [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You just have to try and do what got you good results in the first place . |
| 2 | Even on what became its own home ground , however , the pluralist approach was not unchallenged , nor of course was it the first chronologically . |
| 3 | What frustrated his old fans was that when he went it more or less alone , as on 1982 's masterfully stark and turbulent Music For A New Society , Cale produced what he also regards as his best album , ‘ because all the old pain was right there . ’ |
| 4 | What made it ten times worse , you see , was that Lavinia had strongly resisted Isabel 's coming in the first place . |
| 5 | But we saved the Queen 's fair fame , and to Rudolf himself the fatal stroke came as a relief from a choice too difficult : on the one side lay what impaired his own honour , on the other what threatened hers . |
| 6 | The to infinitive after and then , on the other hand , creates the impression of a delayed reaction ; it suggests that it took a moment 's reflection for the person to realize the import of what he had seen , this realization being what triggered his sudden cry . |
| 7 | What limited their political weight , however , was the fragile nature of their landed wealth . |
| 8 | After what seemed its thirty-fifth repetition , Rowicki put down his baton , looked up and spoke to the ceiling in a low-pitched , conversational tone : ‘ Everyone can now play this correctly except Mr X ’ ( the fourth inside desk cellist ) . |
| 9 | What reinvigorated them this time was the passing reference in Tuesday 's column to former Sunderland ( and Darlington ) manager Billy Elliott ‘ the old flying winger , ’ recalls Ron . |
| 10 | I will ask him some time what prompted his winning play but it has been known for players to forget matters like that after a week 's hard work . |
| 11 | She was always so in control about everything which is what gave her this air of being much older than just twenty-seven . |
| 12 | And mum always used to say that 's what gave you that hernia that walking all the way for food ! |
| 13 | ‘ What gave you that idea ? ’ |
| 14 | ‘ No — what gave you that idea ? ’ |
| 15 | What gave you that impression ? ’ |
| 16 | We found it hard at times , but my players showed character and that was what earned them both points . ’ |
| 17 | Erm what did what did your other brothers and sisters do when they when they left school ? |
| 18 | ‘ What did your own mammy teach you , Beth ? ’ |
| 19 | On a song like ‘ What Did Your Last Servant Die Of ? ’ he provides neither food for thought nor reveals anything about himself . |
| 20 | When Meredith asked him to pop out for cigarettes , he replied vulgarly , ‘ What did your last servant die of ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ Well , what did my dear Constable Fenwick say ? ’ |
| 22 | It was good enough for Phillip Schofield 's wedding but what did our intrepid travel correspondent think of Ackergill Tower . |
| 23 | Tilly , carol singing , Milly , and what did you fifty P for ? |
| 24 | Googol fiddled ostentatiously with the bandana round his brow as if toying with the idea of removing what masked his third eye , the warp-eye , a hostile glare from which could kill , as was widely known though seldom tested . |