Example sentences of "but it [be] what [verb] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Tredworth in green and black hoops were well and truly beaten on the field , but it is what went on off the field , that this cup game will be remembered for . |
| 2 | GRAVITY : This is not properly understood , but it is what makes small things , like nomes , stick to big things , like planets . |
| 3 | He again sat down on the settle opposite her , and sipped a glass of beer before saying thoughtfully , ‘ Funny , when you come to think about it , but it 's what happens when you 're a bairn that sets the pattern for a man or woman , in most cases anyway . ’ |
| 4 | But it 's what happens to the ones who succeed which raises serious questions . |
| 5 | Right : The Eradicator gets no prizes for good looks , but it 's what goes on inside that justifies the price . |
| 6 | Yeah , but it 's what causes the |
| 7 | And I think it was , we were willing to go back to work and carry on discussions , albeit without earning any bonus because we were working to rule at the time , but it was what happened in er the quarry that really started the strike , when he laid the workforce off because they were helping us , or joining us in sympathetic action , you know there was a lockout up there , so I think that speeded up things considerably . |