Example sentences of "what i have [verb] be [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | What I 've done was three minus ten seven . |
| 2 | Doubtless you will find yourself in positions where what I 've said is worse than useless , and facing foes who have thought of tricks I would never have dreamed of . |
| 3 | I find much of what I 've heard is implausible . |
| 4 | Maybe if I 'd been able to do some kind of planche , like your painter friend did on your … back , it would have been easy , but what I had to do was first try to get something akin to an erection standing at the copier of a deserted office on a holiday . |
| 5 | District councillor S. Carmedy immediately sprang to his feet and proclaimed that what I had said was untrue . |
| 6 | When Miss Temple received a letter from Dr Lloyd , agreeing that what I had said was true , she told the whole school that I had been wrongly accused and was not a liar . |
| 7 | I hoped what I had written was okay . |
| 8 | I had never believed in ghosts but what I had seen was unaccountable . |
| 9 | ‘ But you agree that the value of what I have achieved is relative to my circumstances . ’ |
| 10 | When I go from hence let this be my parting word , that what I have seen is unsurpassable . |
| 11 | What I have advocated is possible and not just a dream , but it would be remiss of me not to consider the nightmare scenario of colliery closures at a time when we are increasing restructuring grants by £1,000 million . |
| 12 | ‘ What I have to say is important . ’ |