Example sentences of "and [Wh det] [vb past] it " in BNC.
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| 1 | Small things , but important , the little touches that were typical of Sally and which made it possible to feel charity — and love — for her when she was fussy or critical or just plain annoying as she had been when Harriet had arrived without warning this afternoon . |
| 2 | In a sector beset with intellectual arrogance which has a disturbing tendency to under-rate the value of the customer and blame poor audiences on the weaknesses of marketing rather than , as is more likely , on the weaknesses of the artistic offering , it was refreshing to find a company which had used marketing techniques successfully — and which claimed it would continue to do so . |
| 3 | Instead of a telling-off , with time to put things right , TDC found itself under a much more strict court order with which it could not negotiate and which gave it little flexibility . |
| 4 | The black furry coat with which it was born and which helped it to keep warm during its first days is now sloughed off , revealing the shorter shiny coat which is more suitable for a swimmer . |
| 5 | And what had it achieved ? |
| 6 | It was , as the Duchess said in her speech , an exciting event because Derbyshire had so few smaller manor houses of this type open to the public — and what made it all the more special was the fact that Eyam Hall is still the family home of the Wrights , who built ( or rather rebuilt ) it , a few years after the plague , in 1671 . |
| 7 | It was a dangerous time , and what made it even more dangerous was the arrival of some strange new neighbours . |
| 8 | His wife was ill , very ill , and what made it even worse was that he felt responsible for her illness . |
| 9 | Especially on the second night , I had the feeling that he wanted to talk , and what made it the more interesting was the variety of his experiences and the mature way in which he alluded to them . |
| 10 | But , before leaving the Thatcher phenomenon , a glance at the Falklands War and what preceded it is a must . |
| 11 | How did it happen , and what did it mean ? |
| 12 | And what did it mean ? |
| 13 | ‘ And what did it contain ? ’ |
| 14 | And what did it mean ? |
| 15 | He was far too close to the edge , he might have slipped anyway , and what did it matter if she added just a little extra impetus ? |
| 16 | and what did it have in it ? |
| 17 | And what did it look like ? |
| 18 | The events have , to conclude , all the trappings of a liturgical ceremony rather than a military exercise , and that is almost certainly what lies behind the story , and what gave it its origins . |