Example sentences of "what [verb] you [verb] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What made you think so ? |
| 2 | ‘ What made you give up your privileged life to join this man ? ’ |
| 3 | What made you give up education ? |
| 4 | What made you give up ? |
| 5 | ) . They 'll ask two-part questions : ‘ What made you leave then , and why did you choose to move to — ? ’ : leading questions : ‘ The company was in a terrible mess then — what part do you think your department played ? ’ ; and ‘ why ? ’ questions which require justification and can be asked ad infinitum : |
| 6 | ‘ What made you go there ? ’ |
| 7 | ‘ What made you call in ? |
| 8 | ‘ What made you come here ? ’ |
| 9 | ‘ By the way , I never did ask you — what made you come round to the cottage that night ? ’ |
| 10 | Charles could have chosen any excuse for the phone call and it was pure chance that he had lighted on the meaningless ‘ numberplate racket ’ I ‘ So that 's what made you drive down in the Datsun , and move the plan forward , and lose a quarter of a million pounds ? ’ |
| 11 | ‘ So what made you join up ? ’ |
| 12 | He felt bold enough to ask her : ‘ What made you run out of Mr Zamoyski 's ? ’ |
| 13 | What d' you mean not what I think ? |
| 14 | If you 've not done that exercise yet , it 's quite a useful one to find out what figures you come up with . |
| 15 | What do you type precisely ? |
| 16 | Ooh I , what , what do you go under then ? |
| 17 | But what do you care now ? |
| 18 | What do you suggest then ? |
| 19 | ‘ What do you suggest then ? |
| 20 | what do you make up for , just their postage ? |
| 21 | what do you want today ? |
| 22 | Who are you and what do you want here ? ’ |
| 23 | ‘ What do you want here ? ’ |
| 24 | The man at the desk looked at her and asked , ‘ What do you want here ? ’ |
| 25 | What do you want out of life ? |
| 26 | ‘ What do you want out of life ? ’ |
| 27 | What do you want out of life , Adeane ? " |
| 28 | ‘ Well dear , and what do you want so early in the morning ? ’ she asked , rubbing her hands together . |
| 29 | ‘ What do you want now ? ’ he asked peevishly . |
| 30 | But what do you want now ? — for me to send him round to say sorry ? ’ |