Example sentences of "what [vb past] [pron] [adj] " in BNC.

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1 To Richard , it was always the deal ; that 's what got him excited .
2 You just have to try and do what got you good results in the first place .
3 Even on what became its own home ground , however , the pluralist approach was not unchallenged , nor of course was it the first chronologically .
4 I was longing to get back to it , or perhaps its associations with Toby were what lent it this sudden magnetism . "
5 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 . ’
6 Later I realised that what made me uncomfortable was not that they looked like the inmates of those cattle trucks .
7 I reckon that 's what made me ill , it 's your fault .
8 ‘ Is that what made me different ?
9 This is what made them anxious about the attitudes of powerful men in their societies — rulers , great magnates — towards the churches of which they considered themselves the lords .
10 This is what made them 'special " .
11 This quiet group of people looked so simple and unassuming that at first he could not think what made them interesting to him , and then he realized that they gave every appearance of complete sincerity .
12 But maybe that was what made them different from him .
13 Both campaigns struggled , I believe that this was what made them different from the rest of the fleet .
14 For centuries they were ‘ consecrated ’ by the first celebration in them of the eucharist : what made them holy was the use made of them .
15 He confided to Phoebe that what made him sad was his garden .
16 ‘ I read that when Tom Watson was asked what made him such a successful player , he replied : ‘ Desire , dedication , determination and a little bit of talent . ’
17 Perhaps that 's what made her ill , being sort of stuck between two generations . ’
18 What made everything worse , Miranda decided , was that while she grew more and more despondent , Grace seemed to be getting happier and happier .
19 ( It was also , of course , disgusting and deplorable : that 's what made it such a success . )
20 None of the villagers would go near the pool , which was what made it such a suitable place for a rendezvous .
21 What made it worse , was that the police had the time of the tram-cars and the time it took to get to a certain stop .
22 What made it worse was that he had a terrible cold at the time .
23 What made it worse was that Prince Charles seemed less concerned about her predicament than that of his friend Camilla Parker-Bowles .
24 What made it worse was that his face remained so still , as expressionless as it had been earlier when discussing trivia with the Doctor .
25 What made it worse was his coldness .
26 What made it worse was that the infection was traced to some undercooked meat she 'd eaten in England .
27 That was bad enough but what made it worse was that I had n't the faintest idea what was wrong with them .
28 What made it worse was that in order to explain the frustrations that I had experienced I found myself making stereotyping judgments about Africans as lazy — not even caring to look after themselves — and as unreliable .
29 What made it worse was I heard people saying what a very good side Spartak were .
30 The one person each loved , for Celie it was her sister , Nettie and for Phyllisia , it was Edith , their oppressors had driven away and as Phyllisia said what made it worse was that , ‘ I let you . ’
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