Example sentences of "[conj] [adv] what [vb past] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Though it captured much of the dynamic of British and American FDI in the pre-oil shock world , it failed to anticipate subsequent developments in corporate strategy or indeed what had motivated investors from other countries . |
| 2 | We will say that exactly what did not exist was a causal link between the operation of the mechanism , or anything else whatever , and the bar 's coming out . |
| 3 | Being quite intuitive , I did notice there was a funny tension between Ken Pitt and David and I thought that probably what had happened was that David had not been satisfied performing ‘ When I Live My Dream ’ with the old backing tracks , as he had been working with Tony Visconti and had all these new tunes and productions and ways of doing things in his head . |
| 4 | Well , I had done what I could to protect the new catapult and , while I was sorry that what had happened at the Rabbit Grounds had cost me a trusted weapon with many battle honours to its name ( not to mention a significant sum out of the Defence budget ) , I thought that maybe what had happened had been for the best . |
| 5 | To the mediaeval mind , ‘ game ’ stood in antithesis to ‘ earnestness ’ , and so what took place on the pageant cart could be equated with other street pastimes . |
| 6 | It is shortened to just the second and third phrases , both of which are cadentially ‘ open ’ , and so what had been a self-sufficient arch shape is turned into continuous , open-ended variative repetition ( see Ex. 1.2 ) . |
| 7 | I garden organically and use no chemicals , and so what had happened to them ? |
| 8 | ‘ And so what happened ? ’ |
| 9 | And so what happened was everybody downed tools at and come out on strike you see . |
| 10 | And so what did you do ? |
| 11 | I I 'll try again j cos sometimes you get a different one and So what did you say to her ? |
| 12 | Both Barham and Summers lifted their performances , and thenceforward what had been prosaic developed a much higher voltage . |
| 13 | It was kind of dark , and apparently what happened to this , towards the end of the period of parental investment , when the parents come back to feed the ducklings , they insist on the ducklings following them . |
| 14 | I 'll come following you He d yeah it was odd when Frank said that cos apparently what happened , he just sort of started saying that he did n't think that Frank had really been there for him and that he was being a bit sort of selfish and stuff which I mean maybe he has been but the thing is if you know if Frank 's making this massive effort to like fit in and meet new people and stuff then |
| 15 | right , if so what happened to that then ? |
| 16 | And just what had been paid for in this case ? |
| 17 | ‘ And just what did she do that was so terrible ? ’ |
| 18 | And exactly what had I wanted to know about mazes and knot gardens ? |
| 19 | The men threw up their arms every time they shouted , and gradually what began as a confusion of noise became a solid roar of acclamation . |
| 20 | And now what pleased her was loving the doll , and sewing and embroidering baby clothes , and looking after Dr Neil — particularly looking after Dr Neil — and what would Mama say to that ? |
| 21 | I I turn that that the point I made about the the the lack of inquiry because er er in effect we know very little about what went wrong with B C C I and particularly what went wrong with the audit er of B C C I because we have n't had an inquiry er into this country and to what went wrong in that instance . |
| 22 | Next came a pair of thick socks wrinkling about the ankles , and then what seemed to be a pair of men 's shoes . |
| 23 | Ahem erm from July thirty nine I think were , when I came back and then what led up to me going abroad |
| 24 | Mm and then what happened |
| 25 | And then what happened ? |
| 26 | And that defined the permanent character of the United States and then what happened subsequently er was of course that the , in the twentieth century , er America evolved into an industrial power erm and certain changes were made to the American constitution which had a profound impact . |
| 27 | and then what happened ? , you come back |
| 28 | And then what did you do ? |
| 29 | And then what did you do for this next bit ? |
| 30 | on the one the scale and then what did you do ? |