Example sentences of "be what [pron] [vb pp] " in BNC.
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| 1 | But that 's what one learnt . |
| 2 | ‘ Main thing is , ’ she used to explain , ‘ we have to act natural , because that 's what they done , none of your fancy airs and graces . |
| 3 | I do n't know but an ordinary barge used to have a little wooden crate and he want to have a little tank , they put a fixed charge on of two and six pence that 's what they done . |
| 4 | So he say they 'll give it to you back so that 's what they done they give me me money back , cos they 'd already give him back his , you see . |
| 5 | Well that 's what they done to Dave , they were French were n't they ? |
| 6 | And they used to make two penny worth up and that 's what they called potherbs , in those days . |
| 7 | Oh I heard that 's what they had in n it ? |
| 8 | Er you get , sa instructor and they say that if a training course which is gon na start at half past eight on February the tenth , erm yeah well that 's what we got ta do then you got ta start looking to the planning towards have n't you ? |
| 9 | It 's what he done what matters . |
| 10 | And that 's what she done yeah . |
| 11 | And that 's what she done to hers and it looks really nice . |
| 12 | That 's what I done — except if there was an overseas tour to foller , when I needed my concentration . ’ |
| 13 | And Anna Freud said , okay that 's what you called it , but supposing we had to look what you 've just described up in a dictionary , what word would be found ? |
| 14 | Erm , and said , okay , that 's what you called it in childhood , you called , say kneading , if that 's what it was . |
| 15 | Perhaps you 'd put cos that 's what you done today ? |
| 16 | Rather than somebody as I say like me who sat down there and he 'd just quote all these figures and you would n't know what the hell he was on about and just , all you , all I would understand at the end is that 's what you got ta pay . |
| 17 | You 're still sp , that 's what you got ta do in school . |
| 18 | And that 's what you got in n it ? |
| 19 | Which is what they done . |
| 20 | This is what I done last time , and I stayed behind and I just |
| 21 | There was what they called gangs you see , you know they had planks did n't they . |