Example sentences of "what [pers pn] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | each capital letter starts a new element and that would mean one C A one O and two Hs but what I is one C A and two O Hs which is two |
| 2 | We 'd love to know what yours is : write and tell us , and we 'll pick the best for a future issue ( send to GH Beauty/Best Buy , 72 Broadwick Street , London W1V 2BP ) . |
| 3 | no , so he said erm , when I opened it court order , I said well I do n't know what yours is I said but it 's nothing to do with this , I said this is about that so when I opened the other one I remember then that when they originally built that court order bit he give me one cheque for sixty two quid and one for sixty nine |
| 4 | And in The Merry Wives of Westminster , knowing just what she is doing , she recreates a world as exotic as that of the Andaman Islanders : the world of cultured Edwardian London . |
| 5 | But ‘ at some point in the future ’ , she wants to become again what she is trained to be — a general paediatrician , work that would inevitably involve dealing with child abuse . |
| 6 | I really do n't see a handicap as a handicap , I just enjoy Becky for who she is and what she is . ’ |
| 7 | But my husband always thought that my in-laws were good to me , because they never criticised me in his presence , He had told them beforehand ‘ I know this girl , what she is like , so I do n't want to hear anything about her from you . |
| 8 | That is what she is assumed to want , and that is her innate nature and hence it should be so . |
| 9 | Says our observer , ‘ Madonna has made herself what she is by ambition , not by training . |
| 10 | I am in no position to judge whether what SHe is doing is right or wrong . ’ |
| 11 | She knows exactly what she is doing . |
| 12 | That 's what she is . |
| 13 | What she is entitled to under the law . ’ |
| 14 | He remarked , ‘ I have only permitted nature to do what she is always willing to do , if photographers do not stand in her way . ’ |
| 15 | If someone was making a confession about an unfaithful lover , and was on the edge of tears , people would often say , listen , darling , this woman knows what she is singing about . |
| 16 | You should never be afraid to ask the physiotherapist to explain what she is doing . |
| 17 | ‘ I do n't keep on about your Nelly , though we all know what she is ! ’ |
| 18 | Because that 's what she is , I can tell . |
| 19 | If she is ever going to learn to stand on her own feet finally , when her grieving is over , she will need your acceptance , for the time being , that what she is experiencing now is something like the intense suffering of a child separated from the security of its mother 's presence , with all the feelings of fear and panic that brings . |
| 20 | Every bride looks beautiful — this is partly because of what she is wearing and partly because she is usually glowing with happiness . |
| 21 | She has to have the money , though , because goodness knows what her rent will be , and Rose Macaulay says she will not pay a penny more but Rose will do exactly what everyone will have to do and pay what she is told . |
| 22 | I wonder what she is like at the theatre . |
| 23 | What she is saying , with her big white collars , is , ‘ I am a clean , controlled and decent Christian woman . |
| 24 | ‘ You know what she is like for fuss . ’ |
| 25 | This is when the woman can make the very best of what she has , and what she is . |
| 26 | When she has finished what she is doing for the moment , she walks on briskly , her head making little bird-like movements , so that she can see everything that she passes . |
| 27 | ‘ It 's perfect because the character is the essence of what she is , ’ said producer Larry Brezner . |
| 28 | What she is clear about is that rape is a war crime and ought to be prosecuted . |
| 29 | In each case , the child must not only find a way of getting the adult to notice the object , but she must do this in such a way that the adult is aware of what she is doing and why she is doing it . |
| 30 | Paul 's wife Julie , 31 , phoned Susan last night and said later : ‘ I know what she is going through . |