Example sentences of "[adj] [is] [Wh det] [pron] [adv] " in BNC.
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| 1 | " This is what we always used to have our tree in , when Fred was alive . |
| 2 | Further , it could not be supposed this is what we now believe . |
| 3 | And so we 'll say , well that 's what we planned to achieve , this is what we actually achieved . |
| 4 | Well there 's that I mean there 's all , there 's a whole range of things , there 's ghoulish voyeurism right , I mean that that 's important , there 's also the way the Royals have been peddled by the media over the decades and the fact that you know this has been how they 've been tendered this is what they actually are and that y you , you know what I 'm saying that erm or whatever it is between this is what they are , this is what we 've been and they do n't match , they really do n't match . |
| 5 | When Croat historians have subsequently spoken of the " Bleiburg Tragedy " this is what they really mean : and the massacres which were to continue in many parts of northern Yugoslavia during the weeks and months which followed were among the consequences of that victory and that " tragedy " . |
| 6 | it 's all in the price there , because this is what you actually get very often , you 're ringing some places up and they 'll say , oh but you you had VAT through this week . |
| 7 | And this is what he frequently does . |
| 8 | His Permanent Secretary at that time was my cousin Wilfrid Bourne , and this is what he later wrote to me : |
| 9 | This is what he more than once declared to be his aim . |
| 10 | Because this is what he always felt after his father died — that if he could just speak to him now , he could really open his heart and say everything , without feeling that strange mute on his vocal chords . |
| 11 | His relationship with the kids is one between equals , but they also seem to expect him to be a wise man , and this is what he sometimes expects of himself . |
| 12 | This is what I always |
| 13 | This is what I really want to do . |
| 14 | This is what I gradually realised . |
| 15 | There is no particular reason why they should , but that is what they mostly like to do . |
| 16 | They would be going off in the boat together because that is what they always did in the mornings , to return in half an hour . |
| 17 | You can probably find things to say about how well George and Marie have gone about co-ordinating their marketing , financial and personnel activities , and you could even ask yourself whether they might not have been wiser to expand ( if that is what they still want to do ) in a different direction altogether . |
| 18 | Perhaps her cure took place while she was still at Hampole and the Office refers to her as a recluse because that is what she later became , or perhaps she had become an anchoress while still at Hampole . |
| 19 | She turned her attention once again to the old fashioned coatstand , for that is what it surely was , and the single garment that it supported ; a man 's mac , beige in colour ; long and belted . |
| 20 | We do not believe that anyone actually consciously thinks this way , but when we have helped people work through their emotions , in retrospect , that is what it actually boils down to . |
| 21 | Pornographic images of women reflect the pattern of social relationships in which men are dominant and privileged , so that is what you really need to attack , not the images . ' |
| 22 | That is what you never realize . |
| 23 | Look every time we 've done it that 's what we also do it goes out on the manager 's report w with the minutes or with the agenda . |
| 24 | That 's what we normally use it for and erm what I 'm going to do if that 's okay is I , I 'll describe the erm the actual theory to you |
| 25 | In it , they got ta , that 's what I thought , but the thing is , well that 's what we normally get . |
| 26 | Yeah , that 's what we normally do . |
| 27 | Erm , the programme if you like , you will know that er , those of you who 've been here before is that , that , certainly when I 'm running the course , there is an agenda and that 's what we actually do , erm , now on this occasion , I think , I will try and cover as much of the agenda as I can , because frankly this is , it is a good course . |
| 28 | ‘ Southampton were down at the bottom , but they rolled up their sleeves , put a run together and that 's what we now have to do . |
| 29 | Well that 's what we bloody well are ! |
| 30 | that 's what we like , you know when we |