Example sentences of "what [vb past] they [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What made them so unpopular that they are n't even commemorated in a country name . |
| 2 | What made them less than first-rate , yet also made them popular locally , was the touch of theatricality and exaggeration , the desire to impose , which was very foreign indeed to the character of Oswaldston as a town . |
| 3 | Apart from worry about the safety of their nearest and dearest , what concerned them most was was that with the main breadwinner away , children still had to be fed and clothed and household expenses met . |
| 4 | Asked what concerned them most in connection with nuclear power , respondents named the possibility of accidents , human error and the storage of radioactive waste . |
| 5 | What excited them even more was that , surprisingly , no one seemed to have followed this idea up ( and indeed no one had , as B. Mamyrin confirmed in 1989 ) . |
| 6 | In 1983 a questionnaire given out by the Tourist Office asked visitors what pleased them most about Madeira : 35.7 per cent of those questioned said the natural beauty of the island , 13.6 per cent the friendliness of the residents , 12.4 per cent the climate , 8.4 per cent good hotels and 7.8 per cent the flowers . |
| 7 | Bananas were what delighted them most . |
| 8 | So what maked them so different ? |
| 9 | What surprised them both was Rosemary 's reaction on retesting food . |
| 10 | They chose the teenagers and topics after group discussions at 26 schools in northern England , firstly speaking to children from the programme 's target age-range ( the 11-13s ) to find out what interested them then they met teenagers from the presenters ' target age range ( 1416 ) to find out more ideas for topics and to choose the reporters . |
| 11 | They knew what bound them together , and those bonds would be loosened only in death . |
| 12 | Investigators were concerned about the exclusion of the normal world and shocked at the preoccupation with aberrant behaviour , but what frightened them most was the failure of the movies to fulfil a clear moral role . |
| 13 | What took them so long ? ’ |
| 14 | We trace Alfred 's life back in order to find the origin of his dishonesty , but along the way we come across many peculiar situations before we know what brought them about . |
| 15 | What worried them more was the survival of their ships : there was a real danger the captives might rebel and overpower the crew . |
| 16 | And of course the woodwork 's what saved them twice ; erm Martin Foyle 's header hit the underside of the bar then your free kick , when he was actually beaten , of course hit the post . |
| 17 | ‘ What did they supposedly die of ? ’ |
| 18 | What did they actually make at Bradley 's during the war years ? |
| 19 | He 'd been exactly the same once before when he 'd found out that Pete had seen Last Tango in Paris ( ‘ Yeah , but what did they actually do ? ’ ) and now , as then , Pete had taken care to fine-tune Ted 's frustration to the point of obsession . |
| 20 | I was that busy trying to convince him that he had to er go to doctors cos I says what did they actually do ? |
| 21 | But what did they really get out of it ? |
| 22 | What had they actually done while this chicken was cooking ? |
| 23 | He had supported them all their lives and what had they ever done for him except wait for him to die ? |
| 24 | What impressed them most was that ActionAid works with the people themselves to decide how the money should be used to help the whole community . |