Example sentences of "[Wh det] [verb] it [verb] [conj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | At night it was covered with film which made it sweat and again preserved the dampness . |
| 2 | He hated definitions of apostolic succession which made it sound as though a lot of laying on of hands from century to century was a bit of magic by which God preserves his Church . |
| 3 | The last one we had we had a budget of ten thousand pounds the company which did it said that it would normally not take on a project of that sort of cost but they found a junior member of staff to take it on and the end product I mean that 's going back nearly five years now , was quite er acceptable and welcome but now it it looks very much out , the force has been reorganised , we need to give it a new look . |
| 4 | He would understand in detail the working of the mechanism of the clock , which enables it to function as it does . |
| 5 | They assume a jurisdiction to declare whether a marriage has taken place or not , whether there is any impediment which makes it void or voidable . |
| 6 | Our quarrel is with the notion that underpins it , namely that methods are atheoretical which makes it seem that the choice of a research method is governed by technical criteria . |
| 7 | An awareness of this structure does not mean that strategic intervention is either useless or impossible ; but it does mean that analysis of how resistance actually operates , in what conditions it succeeds or fails , needs an altogether more complex model . |
| 8 | What did it matter that she could n't understand what they were saying ? |
| 9 | What did it matter that she did n't know what to say to him ? |
| 10 | What did it matter if fish died after a few weeks ? |
| 11 | What did it matter if the gilded cherubs on the ceiling were chipped and almost brown , or if the seats all looked stricken with a terrible disease that left huge , bald patches where the plush should have been ? |
| 12 | What did it matter if there would be no long-term future for them together — that in a few days ' time they would be separated by the cold grey expanse of the North Sea ? |
| 13 | 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 ? |
| 14 | What did it matter if Gran took all day to bind the cloths round her aching knees so she could walk ? |
| 15 | What did it matter if there was a leak in the Press ? |
| 16 | Freddi did his Zsupan number with all the expertise of an old professional — miraculous ! — what did it matter if his voice had gone — and then , Busacher swallowed hard , realizing his heart was pounding dangerously fast , Therese made her entrance and began to sing . |
| 17 | What did it matter if the change in posture meant she could see all of his chest now , the hard planes , the well-defined muscles ? |
| 18 | What did it matter if the way he was standing , with his hands in his pockets , tightened the fine wool of his trousers across his loins and his thighs ? |
| 19 | What did it matter if it stopped her from sleeping ? |
| 20 | ‘ What did it look like , this figure ? ’ |
| 21 | ‘ What does it matter whether they are open or shut ? ’ he said and the doors remained open . |
| 22 | The same as what does it matter whether or not I was a virgin when I met Gillian ? |
| 23 | What does it matter that he 's cold and unforgiving and hateful ? |
| 24 | What does it matter that its lights are dimmer , |
| 25 | ‘ What does it matter where the money comes from ? ’ he said , laughing . |
| 26 | ‘ The doctors said what does it matter as long as he is alive but they do n't think about the quality of life . |
| 27 | What does it matter if the prestige presentation of another shopping mall in Albert Docks , Canary Wharf , Riverwalk or Seaport produces effects which are of marginal relevance to metropolitan political economy ? |
| 28 | ‘ So what does it matter if we look like beggars ? ’ |
| 29 | What does it matter if we have two ships or ten out here , two hundred men or two thousand ? |
| 30 | What does it matter if it implies something that is n't quite true ? |