Example sentences of "what [vb past] [pers pn] [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 | I was longing to get back to it , or perhaps its associations with Toby were what lent it this sudden magnetism . " |
| 4 | Later I realised that what made me uncomfortable was not that they looked like the inmates of those cattle trucks . |
| 5 | I reckon that 's what made me ill , it 's your fault . |
| 6 | ‘ Is that what made me different ? |
| 7 | 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 . |
| 8 | This is what made them 'special " . |
| 9 | 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 . |
| 10 | But maybe that was what made them different from him . |
| 11 | Both campaigns struggled , I believe that this was what made them different from the rest of the fleet . |
| 12 | For centuries they were ‘ consecrated ’ by the first celebration in them of the eucharist : what made them holy was the use made of them . |
| 13 | He confided to Phoebe that what made him sad was his garden . |
| 14 | ‘ 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 . ’ |
| 15 | ( It was also , of course , disgusting and deplorable : that 's what made it such a success . ) |
| 16 | None of the villagers would go near the pool , which was what made it such a suitable place for a rendezvous . |
| 17 | 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 . |
| 18 | What made it worse was that he had a terrible cold at the time . |
| 19 | What made it worse was that Prince Charles seemed less concerned about her predicament than that of his friend Camilla Parker-Bowles . |
| 20 | What made it worse was that his face remained so still , as expressionless as it had been earlier when discussing trivia with the Doctor . |
| 21 | What made it worse was his coldness . |
| 22 | What made it worse was that the infection was traced to some undercooked meat she 'd eaten in England . |
| 23 | That was bad enough but what made it worse was that I had n't the faintest idea what was wrong with them . |
| 24 | 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 . |
| 25 | What made it worse was I heard people saying what a very good side Spartak were . |
| 26 | 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 . ’ |
| 27 | In a taped interview with Jill Jones , Head of Science in a comprehensive , which I shall quote from several times , I asked her , after she had been talking for a while about the frustrations , what made it all worthwhile . |
| 28 | ‘ I soon learnt what made it all happen … what got you in the mood , eh Bella ? |
| 29 | What made it all so difficult was that , though practically no one had had a good word to say for Hereward , no one could or would pin down that dislike into a form which could prime a hatred violent enough to kill him . |
| 30 | This was not snoring but a kind of clicking , irregular and sporadic — that was what made it irritating — and liable to start when least expected . |