Example sentences of "what [adv] [verb] [pron] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What eventually brought him to reconsider his theory was not the critics ' doubts . |
| 2 | And it sounds ridiculous saying it now , but what eventually made me decide to move was when John Mayall brought horns into the BB line-up ; I was so dumb that I thought , ‘ If it 's horns , it 's not blues . ’ |
| 3 | ‘ What eventually swayed me was the fact that Hibs were a big club with a greater potential support , although at that point I probably had a better squad of players in Paisley . |
| 4 | Of course somebody , Who Shall Be Nameless , would bring up the subject of Burns-And-You-Know-What , and how many of his children were born on The Wrong Side Of The Blanket , What Right Had We to look down on Brown Owl for her shotgun wedding when we were all supposed to look up to Rabbie Burns as Our Big Hero ? |
| 5 | To some all this will appear to be petty , intrusive and narrow-minded along the lines of ‘ What right had they to … ’ ; to others it will appear an example of the chapel 's commitment to their beliefs . |
| 6 | What right had they to make a panel discussion out of this ? |
| 7 | What right had they to intrude into her hard-earned holiday ? |
| 8 | But maybe they should n't have — she must have known a better life before this , and what right had they to claim her as their own without having brought her up ? |
| 9 | What right had I to bring him here and to inflict this sort of suffering on him ? |
| 10 | What right had I to think it might be easy ? |
| 11 | What right had I to tarnish the reputation of an acknowledged war hero and needlessly distress his family ? |
| 12 | After a few days , burning with a sense of injustice , Dexter plucked up courage and asked Blanche about her double standards — what right had she to make him listen to her type of music , when he could not force her to listen to his ? |
| 13 | ‘ What right had he to accept that lift ? ’ cries one lady . |
| 14 | What right had he to spoil everything ? |
| 15 | Patrick smiled ruefully ; he was nineteen going on twenty — what right had he to assign motives to a woman ? |
| 16 | But what right had he to probe into her personal life ? |
| 17 | What right has anybody , other than the members in that section deciding for themselves who represents them ? |
| 18 | ‘ If the government continues to ignore us and deny our presence in this country , ’ he asked , ‘ what right has it to demand 100% loyalty from us for action ? ’ |
| 19 | What right has he in me , but such as a thief may plead to stolen goods ? |
| 20 | What right has he to comment on the ‘ quality of fans ’ at the Levellers gigs ? |
| 21 | What right has he to comment on the ‘ quality of fans ’ at the Levellers gigs ? |
| 22 | What right has he got to know or anything ? |
| 23 | If the members of a section want to vote for a full-time branch secretary , there was a member of that section , who 's been a full time branch secretary for longer than eighteen months , what right has anyone got to say they ca n't ? |
| 24 | But — what right have we got ? ’ |
| 25 | We certainly can not create it and thus , in view of our ignorance on one hand and our inability on the other , what right have we to terminate this gift of a beneficent Creator ? |
| 26 | What right have I to patronize and judge her , anyway ? |
| 27 | Indeed , he even reveals that he has recovered from a bout of depression : ‘ What right have I to be depressed ? |
| 28 | What right have I to criticise so strongly ivory traders in China who are merely making a living , while I am sitting here killing unsuspecting animals for no reason at all ? |
| 29 | ‘ What right have you , you pompous pimp of a Peer , to criticize Her Majesty ? ’ asked one . |
| 30 | We say , ‘ What right have you to refuse if we are willing to take the risk ? ’ ’ |