Example sentences of "what [vb past] [adv] [prep] [art] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What 'appened there on the first of June last year were n't just a tragedy , oh no . |
| 2 | What led up to the |
| 3 | The contrast can be seen by comparing the information available when the Commons in 1856 forced the publication of all dispatches dealing with the origins of the Crimean War before hostilities were over , and the capacity of successive governments to keep the House and the public in total and persistent ignorance of what led up to the invasion of Suez in 1956 . |
| 4 | In ( 26 ) , the main verb manage denotes what led up to the realization of the infinitive or , better , what put the support in a position to realize it . |
| 5 | What led up to the merman 's capture ? |
| 6 | I developed what amounted almost to a fetish about toasters . |
| 7 | What seeped out of the and mixed with some air from there would have been a little dung in it to it stood half the summer and got to be really high . |
| 8 | In Nepal she watched groups of men and women in dances depicting the activities of the seasons , and also saw young men performing what seemed very like a Morris Dance , with long and short sticks and a drum-and-rattle accompaniment . |
| 9 | But what added most to the grotesque expression of his face , was a ghastly smile , which … constantly revealed the few discoloured fangs that were yet scattered in his mouth , and gave him the aspect of a panting dog . ’ |
| 10 | But she was none the wiser for what came out of the speakers : a soft sea of hiss , a hint of ultrasonics , and a persistent , repetitive creaking noise . |
| 11 | In the 1980s , what came out of the mouths of environmentalists was mostly green ; what went in , was often junk . |
| 12 | And that 's what came out of the was the . |
| 13 | Erm mm I ca n't remember , Alan and Josie 's daughter down the road , erm she passed out as a nurse from Queens a while ago and you know what students are in general , nurses in particular , there was , you would expect , one hell of a party when the exam results were public what came out of the the party was when she got a job as a nurse . |
| 14 | What happened up to the formation up front ? |
| 15 | Look , I was sorry about what happened round at the flat . |
| 16 | Take what happened recently to a friend of mine . |
| 17 | That is why I described what happened earlier as a stupid procedural diversion . |
| 18 | Looking at the report and using the present criteria for increase in pensions and these are the figures that I did n't produce but er they look pretty bleak as I said because what the pensions can expect next year will be eighty four P for single pensioners and one twenty eight in that area for a couple and then we had look at we have some concern of what happened yesterday in a statement by the Chancellor of the Exchequer who said he is going to extend V A T and also it has now been that instead of putting on half of it in nineteen ninety four he put the full pile at seventeen and a half percent in nineteen ninety four because what was being saved is that if he 's leave the other half to nineteen ninety five it 'll be round near the elections and er there could be some difficulty . |
| 19 | I thought if I was a little bit fitter , fresher and stronger I would be able to do a better job — which is what turned out in the end . ’ |
| 20 | What began then as a project to publish Alexandre 's book developed into the exhibition as well . |
| 21 | mm , mm , were , were talking about what happens when people who have fallen in love get together and decide to stay together for a bit and its been suggested that marriage can put some strains on er what started off as a very heady mutual experience , if your lucky , let me ask you this , do you think marriage destroys love ? , button one for yes and button two for no , does marriage destroy love ? , as you understand it mm a few are not sure but thirty people have said yes , who said yes |
| 22 | What started off as a local sale ended up to prove very beneficial for all the Medical Services branches . |
| 23 | For Scottish couple Annie and Lachlan Stewart , what started off as a fun Christmas exhibition in their London home has led to a flourishing tartan ceramics business and the relocation of their company , ANTA , to the north of Scotland . |
| 24 | Back in January Dallas performed what started off as the demolition and ended up in the annihilation of the Bills ' hopes of making it third time lucky at Superbowl . |
| 25 | What started out as a loyal band of Kylie watchers has now grown into a legion of Wannabes : teenage girls who spend all their waking hours trying to dress , talk and sing like Kylie . |
| 26 | In this case , what started out as a sideline soon became of major importance . |
| 27 | Cut off from the world for a weekend , what started out as a bit of a laugh for Gordon , Angus , Roy and Neville turns into a carnival of recrimination , backbiting , French cricket and sausages . |
| 28 | What started out as a potential disaster provided a great opportunity to create something really different . |
| 29 | It introduced new stars like Gene Hackman and Gene Wilder and what started out as a low budget film featuring little-knowns became Warners ' biggest grossing movie of the decade . |
| 30 | WHAT STARTED out as a circular to keep former squadron members in touch was launched as a full-blown book at the Mosquito Aircraft Museum ( MAM ) during September . |