Example sentences of "be [verb] what [is] [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | ( 2 ) Unlike a police interview you will not be given what is called a caution . |
| 2 | The outlook was considered all the more rosy from their point of view , since Denwood would have to be made what is known as a divisional point , that is to say , a station of more than ordinary importance , inasmuch as it would indicate the end of a running section — the point where the train would have to change engines . |
| 3 | Richard Nelson , Director of Market Research Services at Campbell Soups All consumers want is to be told what is happening to their food , how safe it is and what is its quality … |
| 4 | In any piece of fiction there must be room for the reader — room for him to jump at a suggestion , to insert himself into a story , to respond to hints and clues : to be told what is offered to him is to encourage him to read passively and so to give him less than he deserves . |
| 5 | It may be that friends and relatives who are less affected by the death of the family member , could give some special attention to the children who are wanting to be comforted and to be told what is going on . |
| 6 | Just to be told what 's going on , what 's in the packet , what the future holds for us in the food game . |
| 7 | ‘ And now , ’ she went on , ‘ I think even humans will be wondering what 's happening here . |
| 8 | EVERYONE must be wondering what is happening on the Mid-Hants Railway , the ‘ Watercress Line ’ , having received the startling news from the pages of a contemporary magazine that volunteers have been resigning from the work force in substantial numbers . |
| 9 | The immediate aim , especially for the average and more able pupils , should probably be to take what is done to a greater length than to introduce content that is new . |
| 10 | That price is too high and it may be destroying what is left of the game . |
| 11 | Glaukos in his cerements seems to be watching what is going on ; Polyeidos to be striking at the snake ; but the living snake is shown at the bottom approaching the dead one . |
| 12 | That exemption has now been removed , and it may be wondered what is achieved by leaving in the Act references to the audience whom the defendant addresses , rather than penalising publication or distribution to the public at large . |