Example sentences of "[be] what i [vb base] [be] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | I KNOW — THAT 'S WHAT I 'VE BEEN TELLING MYSELF , BUT IT 'S NO GOOD . |
| 2 | That 's what I 've been telling myself all these years , but sense does n't come into it , ca n't change how you feel . |
| 3 | ‘ I have a Korg M1R and a Korg Wave Station , and that 's what I 've been writing with . |
| 4 | ‘ That 's what I 've been called , ’ she agrees : ‘ ambassador for the chimps . ’ |
| 5 | Then , with the massive illogic he was sometimes capable of , Leo said in a quieter voice : ‘ That 's what I 've been trying to say . |
| 6 | ‘ That 's what I 've been trying to tell you , ’ Myra said . |
| 7 | I mean biologists , when they 're talking to one another , are , by and large , talking about Darwin and that 's what I 've been trying to do . |
| 8 | That 's what I 've been wanting , every second of every day . |
| 9 | Well that 's what I 've been saying to dad as well , I said the times I said we 've had cheques come back ! |
| 10 | that 's what I 've been waiting for that ten , ten do it again |
| 11 | That 's what I 've been doing six days a week for the last four or five weeks . |
| 12 | It 's what I 've been doing today . |
| 13 | That 's what I 've been doing over the last few days . ’ |
| 14 | I 'm a manic gardener and I that 's what I 've been doing . |
| 15 | Well that 's what I , that 's what I 've been doing . |
| 16 | So that 's what I 've been doing . |
| 17 | So that 's what I 've been doing . |
| 18 | Yeah , that 's what I 've been doing cutting down gradual . |
| 19 | That 's what I 've been doing I meant I mean that ! |
| 20 | ‘ When it works , it 'll be nothing to be ashamed of It 's what I 've been working towards for most of my professional life , ’ the doctor said defensively . |
| 21 | It 's what I 've been told to say . ’ |
| 22 | ‘ A few years , but the handlers kept it up — that 's what I 've been told , anyway . |
| 23 | Yes , this is what I 've been trying to avoid because I do n't want the bother of advertising and interviewing somebody else . |
| 24 | Erm , so this is what I 've been trying to avoid , I must be honest about it . |
| 25 | It beats changing nappies , which is what I 've been doing for the last 5 months . |
| 26 | That is what I 've been doing and I have had some marvellous views of them . ’ |
| 27 | To reach a fuller understanding of the blood differential — its origin , purpose and effect — it is necessary to dig a little deeper and attempt to trace the underlying reasons by means of a sociological/anthropological analysis — and this is what I have been attempting to do in the course of this essay . |
| 28 | One way to give ourselves new heart is to go where books and readers meet , and this is what I have been doing for the past year , working in secondary schools on research funded by the British Library . |
| 29 | ‘ This is what I have been waiting for to really make the hotel complete . ’ |
| 30 | That is what I have been told in my surgeries and elsewhere . |