Example sentences of "what [pron] [verb] be [vb pp] [prep] " in BNC.
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| 1 | In soft-back format with 150 pages , the new , revised edition of See What I Mean is co-authored by John Morgan and Peter Welton , who is well-known to readers of The Artist as a holiday course tutor and regular contributor . |
| 2 | I would think that 30 to 40 per cent of my time is spent on what I 've been trained for . |
| 3 | Part of my process of becoming who I am involved rejecting some of what I had been born into . |
| 4 | Hardly had I uttered the word — or the phrase signifying it — than I felt within me the need to become what I had been accused of being … . |
| 5 | I have drafted some further thoughts on what I think is required in the hope that we can reach agreement on form the index should take . |
| 6 | ‘ Stephanie has what I think is known as an … infatuation for me . |
| 7 | Appearance is a concern , but what I see is conditioned by my preconceptions , attitudes and information , all of which influences in varying degrees my choice of working locations . |
| 8 | The garden resembles what I have been told of Primrose Hill . |
| 9 | That is what I have been told in my surgeries and elsewhere . |
| 10 | As I said , what I did was dictated by necessity . |
| 11 | I also swear that what I do is done with the full knowledge of Bishop Wishart ! ’ |
| 12 | She would then speak as if talking to herself , but what she said was aimed at me and usually struck to the core of my being , so that I was stunned into silence … |
| 13 | She spoke to the prince , she even looked at the prince , but what she said was addressed to the man who sat withdrawn at the prince 's elbow . |
| 14 | She wondered how much of what she had been born with was left . |
| 15 | It was what she had been told by the sisters at the convent . |
| 16 | And when she reflected , as she frequently did , upon what she had been bred to , she was profoundly puzzled by her own origins . |
| 17 | She pulled herself together with an effort , trying to remember what she 'd been told about wine-tasting , holding the glass carefully by the stem , and sniffing delicately . |
| 18 | Its sign consisted of a portrait of a woman 's head , styled in what she guessed was intended to be Tudor fashion . |
| 19 | It 's just what she 's been used to in n it ? |
| 20 | Summary The main point we have made in this chapter is that in a relatively formal style such as that of academic essay-writing , much of the impact and credibility of what you write is achieved by the way it conforms to conventions . |
| 21 | As you draw what you draw is reflected in as many mirrors as you specify . |
| 22 | Operating in an international market , what you do is dictated by the moves your competitors in the confectionery and soft drinks markets are making . |
| 23 | Moreover , problems can be like Chinese whispers : the parents may be quite surprised at what you have been told about them and their problems . |
| 24 | It may be that a new course is still in the planning stages , or that what you want is offered at another local centre . |
| 25 | But this was a great feeling of what we had been used to over the years in watching American movies and , with our tongue in cheek and a bit of a giggle , seeing the adventures of the cavalry arriving , And for the first time in our years of combat I had a glow , a rosy glow , inside me and I knew and was certain for the very first time now we could not be beaten . |
| 26 | ‘ But that 's what we 've been sent for ; to fetch you back . |
| 27 | At least that 's what we 've been told by the seat-cover suppliers , Courtaulds Textiles , which produces the terribly natty ‘ Renaissance ’ decor for Rover 's new Metro . |
| 28 | where we 've got to with our recycling initiative , and then we can look at that grant in the light of what we 've been told by Carol . |
| 29 | In brief , the period of modernism has come to an end and nothing ( for which read nothing like what we 've been used to ) has replaced it . |
| 30 | What we 've been shown in the Report , and what has , ah , emerged from this discussion , is that for some fifteen years , we engaged in a game of blind man 's buff . |