Example sentences of "[pers pn] be [Wh det] [vb mod] " in BNC.
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| 1 | You are what used to be called a White Russian . ’ |
| 2 | We both knew only too well because of the business we were in and the sort of people we were what could happen . ’ |
| 3 | They are what can be called logical , conceptual , or formal relations rather than causal relations . |
| 4 | What would it 's what would it 's graph look like ? |
| 5 | It 's , it 's what can please me . |
| 6 | It 's what will WE do ? ’ he replied , rising from his chair to kiss her lightly on the forehead on his way to the Scotch decanter . |
| 7 | ‘ It 's not a question of what would have happened if , it 's what will happen . |
| 8 | It 's what used to be called A Good Read . |
| 9 | It is what might be called a self-perpetuat-ing oligarchy with mild , but only mild overtones of plutocracy . ’ |
| 10 | If we examine the theory of the origins of human society and personality put forward by Freud in Totem and Taboo we find that it is what might be termed a monotraumatic theory . |
| 11 | It was what would be shown on the screens of the new theatres that would ultimately determine what was always referred to as ‘ the tone ’ of the movies as a social custom . |
| 12 | It was what should have happened to him when he had come in from Athens , and had n't . |
| 13 | Oh dear , he was what would you say , I do n't know He liked the kind of ballads , er he was a more a kind of bay he liked a ballad , so I really could n't tell you who was his favourite singer or anything like that , just if a song interested him he just |