Example sentences of "[is] what [pron] [verb] we " in BNC.
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| 1 | That 's what they told us to do at school — ask a policeman if we 're lost . |
| 2 | That 's what they told us ! |
| 3 | Well that 's what they told us , |
| 4 | Probably some assembly rooms , that 's what they put us in . |
| 5 | That 's what they led us to believe anyway , even if they were the ones who had most of the food and clothes . |
| 6 | Yeah well that 's what they said we could do that . |
| 7 | ‘ That 's what they want us to be . |
| 8 | ‘ That 's what they call us . |
| 9 | In the garage , yeah that 's what we did we |
| 10 | so she said I , I went in and I said to Geraldine I 'm going I owe you any bloody money take the bugger out me wages , she says I ai n't having people that I like being stabbed like that by people like that , she said she ai n't worth the salt of the earth , she 's the salt of the earth she said with people like that pointing to Jenny and Jane , no way , she said and I 'm going with my mates , I turned round and the next thing Janet and Janet and Barbara in there , when we got up the pub at twelve o'clock , course we were all having sandwiches me and Pam got the , me and er Barb got there , then Pam come in then a few more come and erm then the plumber and all that come in with them and I said oh girls we never clocked out , so I said oh well I 'm gon na have to take my key back to Steve , burst out laughing , so I said oh no I said why do n't we have a key cracking competition so of course that 's what we did we all took our keys out of our bag and we went ready for she 's a jolly good ready , steady , fellow , for she 's go and we cracked these ruddy keys and shoved them up in the air |
| 11 | ‘ That 's what he tells us … |
| 12 | That 's what she told us , brand new . |
| 13 | That 's what I thought we 'd agreed |
| 14 | That 's what , that 's what I thought we agreed |
| 15 | And that 's what I suggest we do . |
| 16 | That 's what I think we should be asking for . |
| 17 | It is it 's more of a little story and it 's not a front page shocker which I think is what we said we 'd set out to write , a front page shocker okay so I think you 've got to think about the kind of words you use . |
| 18 | I makes you wonder when there is up there and what 's happened to them but this is what we said we found . |
| 19 | If that is what we specified we wanted in the first place . |
| 20 | Fra fractions are a bit of a cheat really because this is what we do we say let's have a look at the page how much would you get if you had one and you shared it out between four and you just write well it 's one shared out between four . |
| 21 | But what I 'm gon na suggest is that again we go back to the client , and say basically , this is what we think we can provide is that good enough ? |
| 22 | The value of the ethological study of apes , monkeys and baboons is what it tells us about apes , monkeys and baboons ; only in very special circumstances , and in a very tentative way , should it be seen as a metaphorical alternative by means of which we can study man himself , as in a mirror . |
| 23 | This is what it told us |
| 24 | And since she could not say , " About horrid Ben Braithwaite for wasting two years of Linnet 's youth and having his dreary wedding on a day when Gemma would have been better off staying in bed , " she chirruped brightly , " Everything , darlings — because this is what I want us to do . |
| 25 | And this is what I want us to do during our two days together . |
| 26 | Conclusion : this is what I feel we should do about it |
| 27 | If it does , you will also remain in the son , and in the father and this is what he promised us even eternal life . |
| 28 | ‘ That is what he wanted us all to think , including the Men , ’ said Minch , ‘ and we should honour him for his cunning and intelligence . |
| 29 | But we can not be certain : all we know about Julian is what she tells us herself in her book . |