Example sentences of "but what [verb] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But what gets left out time after time are the experiences of the rest of the team — the men and women at every level of the company whose contributions to the company created the success that the CEO so eagerly claims . |
| 2 | But what had caused that violent upsurge of emotion ? |
| 3 | Film was nothing in itself but what had confirmed its worthlessness was that it seemed the exclusive property of a class of showmen who were direct descendants of the old fairground showmen . |
| 4 | But what had made the girl propose to him in this way ? |
| 5 | But what had become of Khaemhet ? |
| 6 | But what had promised to be a happy greeting turned to a strained departure — tonight Adisa was taken onto hospital although she 's since been allowed to leave and join other refugees in Northampton . |
| 7 | But what had happened to hopscotch ? |
| 8 | But what had happened after that ? |
| 9 | But what had happened to her could happen to any woman . |
| 10 | But what had happened ? |
| 11 | This departure from the T'ang 's normal practices was remarkable enough in itself , but what had happened at the beginning of the meal had surprised even his father . |
| 12 | But what had happened between this man and Jenny ? |
| 13 | With The Big Parade Vidor won new friends for American films but what had impressed MGM was that the film made money and also pointed to the way in which romance would be coupled with broader themes ; there was obviously no harm in indulging Vidor a little . |
| 14 | But what had slipped from sight was that these women were n't victims , they were survivors . |
| 15 | As Brezhnev explained to the 26th CPSU Congress in 1981 , developments in Iran were ‘ complex and contradictory ’ but what had taken place was nonetheless an ‘ anti-imperialist revolution ’ . |
| 16 | But what had prompted Martyn to take the risk of recording and releasing his own material ? |
| 17 | But what had started out as a dream come true had , within hours of their leaving England , turned into a nightmare . |
| 18 | But what does matter is that relegation of drama to the same order of non-seriousness as game , revellings and disportings , permitted an ‘ it 's only a game ’ attitude — both dismissive and tolerant — to creep in . |
| 19 | It probably does not matter what title is held by the people who will be dealing with press enquiries , but what does matter is that they should be reasonably au fait with the company and its products . |
| 20 | But what does seem clear is on the one hand the absence of any straightforward link between sexual activity per se and social morality ; and on the other , the inability and sometimes unwillingness of the ecclesiastical authorities to enforce stricter single standards . |
| 21 | But what does happen is that people are directed away from blighted homes we know that that happens , it happens all the time , as soon as a home 's name is mentioned social workers , quite honourably believe that there 's no sense in putting down people 's names , no no sense in sending people there and you would expect nothing different from them so it becomes a self fulfilling prophecy . |
| 22 | But what does amaze me , is the reason why this motion came forward in the first place . |
| 23 | But what seemed to fall rather short of perfect innocence was a case of ‘ attempting to obtain money by threats of violence ’ where two youths had sent a menacing note to the old lady next door — ‘ Unless you provide £500 in old notes … you will be shot by revolver ’ — thereby reducing her to hysterics . |
| 24 | But what has become evident in the last couple of decades in particular is the scale and pace of agricultural developments which have , and continue to , reduce both the nature conservation and landscape values of many of our upland areas . |
| 25 | But what has become internalized can always become externalized again ; and so we have seen that , increasingly in modern societies , anti-social instinctual drives of the id — specifically , the instinctual drives of the gelada-like sons of the primal fathers — break out in social conflicts and acts of delinquency and provocation which the modern incarnation of the primal father — the police , the Establishment , law , order and standards of all kinds — have to meet . |
| 26 | And of a truth vile Epicurism and Sensuality will make the soul of man so degenerate and blinde , that he will not only be content to slide into brutish immorality , but please himself of this very opinion that he is a real Brute already , an Ape , Satyre , Baboon ; and that the best of men are no better , saving that civilising of them and industrious education has made them appear in a more refined shape , and long inculcate precepts have been mistaken for connate Principles of Honesty and Natural Knowledge , otherwise there be no indespensible grounds of Religion and Virtue , but what has hapned to be taken up by overruling Custome . |
| 27 | Cardiff have always attracted players , but what has fuelled the apprehension of the other Merit Table clubs is that they , along with Newport , are now competing eagerly in the transfer market . |
| 28 | But what has enabled government to be effective ? |
| 29 | ‘ But what has happened ? ’ the thin man asked in a bewildered way . |
| 30 | But what has happened to all the bright promises ? |