Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [Wh det] [pron] [verb] to " in BNC.

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1 I was what I wanted to be : a girl .
2 If you are what you claim to be , you 're nothing but a dusty relic from some medieval ghetto … ’
3 Like Shaw 's Eliza in Pygmalion , you are what you decide to be , more or less ; and no people on earth , one may suspect , is so adept at jumping hierarchies by efficiently switching accent or style .
4 It 's what you do to my inside that gets me upset . ’
5 It Ai n't What You Do It 's What It Does to You
6 Erm , Chair , on the general financial position , it 's , it 's what I referred to earlier , as moving from somewhere where there were a direct employer or where we were grant-aiding a voluntary body to get on to a more , ultimately a more commercial footing , where we relate the money that we 're paying to the services that are being provided .
7 It 's what he said to me .
8 But it is what we owe to Byrd , and it can only get easier the longer we spend with this daunting but rewarding music .
9 It was what she represented to him .
10 Someone else had to crystallize the feeling , but then I knew it was what I wanted to be .
11 yeah , well it was it was what I wanted to , it was what I wanted to , it was wanted to do initially , I mean , but then you have like so many ideas that
12 yeah , well it was it was what I wanted to , it was what I wanted to , it was wanted to do initially , I mean , but then you have like so many ideas that
13 To them it was what it seemed to be , a pleasant green meadow .
14 He looked twice at the hurrying man , but decided that , like the others , he was what he seemed to be .
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