Example sentences of "what [verb] [verb] [det] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Choosing what to include took some time , though I wanted to give it an artistic flavour . ’ |
| 2 | It seems as though this is what has kept all those trekkies going for decades . |
| 3 | What has destroyed this is a shift , accelerated in the late 1980s , away from the notion that public bodies should represent the public . |
| 4 | As we can not prove what has caused these specific problem behaviours and we can not alter the marriage ( or , probably , arrange for the family to be re-housed ) it is necessary to stop thinking about causes altogether . |
| 5 | What has caused this terror of female flesh ? |
| 6 | Do n't you dare I 'm in charge of this interview and erm and erm and erm what 's caused this and why discussion what has caused this change to try and find out and put him off Horrible feeling you see two people shouting at each other two people shouting at each other get the impression that the other party is actually doing an impression of a goldfish and going like that . |
| 7 | What has intrigued many Western observers however , is the absence of the strong sense of individualism that usually distinguishes the ‘ liberal ’ element in liberal democratic societies . |
| 8 | What has replaced these various modernisms is a revamped set of attitudes to boundaries between media , to the previously ‘ closed ’ limitations on authorship and stylistic approach , to historical referencing and recuperation , and to the old modernist proscriptions on the nature and functions of artists , audiences and publics . |
| 9 | This is what has made some people think that in this work the distinction between good and bad is simply arbitrary , residing not in the nature of the characters but in the needs of the plot . |
| 10 | What has occasioned all this ? |
| 11 | So , what has prompted this sudden outbreak of kindness in one of the toughest , least sentimental sectors of British business ? |
| 12 | What has produced such a different approach ? |
| 13 | What has brought this about at this point in the race is not the result of his lack of effort , but the computer which is the left-hand side of the brain , projecting against the inner screen of his mind , all his failures in past events . |
| 14 | In the case of the ‘ ordinary ’ person it may just be pleasant to record what has happened each day so that one can at some time in the future spend a nostalgic hour looking back on times past . |
| 15 | ‘ What has happened that is greater than your love for your sister , for you to break her trust in you . ’ |
| 16 | ‘ I used to be nervous before big games , but what has happened this year has given me increasing confidence , ’ said Beal . |
| 17 | What seemed to support this theory was that Anthony Foster was said to have been strangled shortly afterwards , thereby tying up all the loose ends and avoiding embarrassment in the future . |
| 18 | Deciding what to feed requires some thought and knowledge of the various feeding methods and dietary preferences . |
| 19 | What happened to cause this ? |
| 20 | It 's amazing what gets published these days ! |
| 21 | After the assessment , the driver will receive a written report on his driving plus advice on what to do to correct any faults . |
| 22 | What seems to make this possible is the fact that information is not costless to receive or exploit , and the expertise necessary to take full advantage of spillovers can provide the wedge that innovating firms need to appropriate at least some benefits from their innovative activities . |
| 23 | What helps make these two frameworks particularly appropriate for the purposes of the present exercise is their shared emphasis on the " surface " features of textual connectivity . |
| 24 | I mean what do washing each day if you want to if you want to clean the walls , want to do |
| 25 | What about aggressive behaviour then , what choose to use that ? |
| 26 | I finished painting when it was too dark to see and later , in the nearest pub , I asked myself why I find water the most satisfying of all foregrounds. what follows gives some of the answers . |
| 27 | Years later , after my mother 's death , I found out what had caused that first attack and precipitated the fatal one . |
| 28 | But what had caused that violent upsurge of emotion ? |
| 29 | He had heard the commotion and roused himself from his noonday nap to come and see what had caused such an uproar . |
| 30 | Rain guessed what had caused such changes : the realization that her talent did not stretch very far ; the passing of a way of life which had been so thrilling ; impending old age with few friends , little money and no certainty of a roof over her head . |