Example sentences of "what [be] in [noun] ['s] " in BNC.
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| 1 | The point is what 's in John 's eyes . |
| 2 | What 's in Nawaz 's flat ? |
| 3 | Try to understand what 's in people 's minds ; because when you understand that much better , you 'll have that much better a chance of making profit . |
| 4 | The real problems come when you think you 're asking an open question which is in fact closed ; and , worse , when you think you 're asking an open question which is actually a " Guess what 's in teacher 's head question ? " |
| 5 | It is a form of brainwashing , or what that pioneer in the study of learning processes , Gregory Bateson , called corrective learning , that information-seeking activity whereby a person attempts to ‘ achieve a congruence between ‘ something in his head ’ and the external world … by altering what is in his head ’ — only in this case it is what is in Iago 's head , ‘ If thou dost love me ’ , Othello says to Iago , ‘ Show me thy thought ’ ; earlier he had said that Iago hesitated . |
| 6 | Since some of what is in people 's heads is taken from social science , there is a complication worth mentioning at the start . |
| 7 | Questions are categorised as closed ( where teacher wants answer which is already in her/his mind ) and open ( where teacher is interested in knowing what is in pupils ' minds ) . |
| 8 | This was perhaps what was in Temple 's mind when he wrote that ‘ whereas in communities governed by native institutions the white man , qua white man , is regarded with great respect , in those districts where the native administrations have been swept away he is regarded as a person of no very great significance ’ . |
| 9 | In the situation which had developed he , again understandably , did not feel able to form a firm view on what was in J. 's best interests . |
| 10 | ‘ Listen , my little innocent , I know what was in Ralf 's mind . ’ |
| 11 | He had confiscated the journal , but he could not confiscate what was in Ben 's head . |
| 12 | I suddenly wondered what was in Ramon 's friend 's parcel . |
| 13 | There are psychic similarities to many Gospel events whether it be the dreams and visions of Zechariah ( Luke 1 and 2 ) ; the foreknowledge of Elizabeth concerning Mary 's baby ( Luke 1 ) ; Jesus knowing what was in people 's minds ( Luke 11:17 ) ; or the predicative prophecies of Jesus ( Luke 19:39–44 ) . |
| 14 | ‘ You wanted to know what was in Angela 's will — the one we 're going to prove , that is . |