Example sentences of "what [verb] it [vb infin] " in BNC.
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| 31 | She 'd tried to keep the newspaper story hidden from her because she did n't want to discuss it until she 'd had more time to get her thoughts in order … but of course mother had found it and started questioning compulsively about abortion , what exactly was the law on it now , how did you get one , where did you go , what did it cost , things she must have heard Dorothy and her friends discussing a hundred times but which the newspaper report had triggered into today 's obsession . |
| 32 | What did it cost her ? |
| 33 | ‘ What did it show ? ’ |
| 34 | What was what did it start from ? |
| 35 | ‘ What did it feel like ? ’ |
| 36 | ‘ What did it feel like ? ’ she whispered . |
| 37 | What did it feel like when you finally made it to the summit of Everest ? |
| 38 | But what did it feel like ? |
| 39 | What did it feel like ? |
| 40 | What did it feel like , this popular music , as every kind of male sexuality was wheeled out of the closet and onto the marketplace with a febrile flourish ? |
| 41 | What did it feel like ? ’ |
| 42 | What did it contain ? |
| 43 | ‘ And what did it contain ? ’ |
| 44 | What did it make him feel ? |
| 45 | 1 When did it happen ? 2 What did he actually see ? 3 What did it make him think of ? 4 What made him think like that ? |
| 46 | What did it make ? |
| 47 | What did it matter what colour it was ? |
| 48 | Everyone within earshot was listening , eyes concentrated on mine , heads bent forward — but what did it matter in this little world of shadows where all barriers were down . |
| 49 | Dimly , she thought that was n't the romantic kind of thing she 'd envisioned saying at this point , but what did it matter ? |
| 50 | What did it matter who ruled whom ? |
| 51 | What did it matter ? |
| 52 | What did it matter anyway ? |
| 53 | What did it matter , really ? |
| 54 | He said that as I was pregnant , what did it matter ? ’ |
| 55 | What did it matter if fish died after a few weeks ? |
| 56 | But what did it matter ? |
| 57 | What did it matter , anyway ? |
| 58 | As she considered this , Hilda intercepted her gaze , saluted her , and majestically , graciously , demonstratively , voluptuously blew a kiss across the room : Liz waved back , less flamboyantly but with equal composure , for what did it matter , after all , that Hilda Stark was there , was it not a tribute to them both , to the efficacy of the cure ? |
| 59 | What did it matter , she thought . |
| 60 | What did it matter that she could n't understand what they were saying ? |