Example sentences of "but it [be] what [pers pn] " in BNC.
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| 1 | They may not call it a " pedagogical grammar " , but it is what they will mean . |
| 2 | But it is what they had feared . |
| 3 | But it is what we owe to Byrd , and it can only get easier the longer we spend with this daunting but rewarding music . |
| 4 | Yeah , but it 's what they |
| 5 | No , but it 's what they 're saying to Fergie , is just go ! |
| 6 | ‘ In a way it 's like going back to square one , and starting from scratch again , but it 's what we have to do . ’ |
| 7 | ‘ Yes , it is a bit of a step for the likes of me , I suppose , but it 's what we both want . ’ |
| 8 | But it 's what we 've done in the past . |
| 9 | It 's naff , but it 's what he wants . ’ |
| 10 | But it 's what you say that counts . |
| 11 | Yeah , but it 's what you 're standing in , in well |
| 12 | Erm I 've apologized to you , and particularly to the people who write the dictionary that I do n't actually know the opposite of deja vu but it 's what I 'm suffering from . |
| 13 | But it 's what I 'd expect . |
| 14 | Yeah but it 's what she 's perceiving really is n't it ? |
| 15 | ‘ Sure it was different than what EMI had been expecting , a lot different , but it was what we 'd always wanted to do . ’ |
| 16 | But it was what they meant when they said ‘ Unified Unix . ’ |
| 17 | But it was what they meant when they said ‘ Unified Unix . ’ |
| 18 | Her racially prejudiced views did n't help the matter , but it was what she was thinking rather than what she said which added flame to the fire of her anger . |
| 19 | It was crude , a trifle unfinished and unformed — in any other Dream , she would have researched the externals rather than built on a whim — but it was what she wanted . |
| 20 | But it was what she had wanted . |
| 21 | He was aware of the risks involved and that he was embarking on a kind of unnecessary surgery that could threaten his life , but it was what he wanted . |
| 22 | He had almost considered not buying the house , but it was what he wanted , and how was he to know that things would be any different in another district ? |