Example sentences of "is [Wh det] i [be] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It is what I am , not what I do , that you must worship in me . |
| 2 | The CTP is susceptible of a materialist interpretation and this , in its neurophysiological version , is what I am going to focus on . |
| 3 | I 'm really a workaholic and it is what I am used to now . ’ |
| 4 | She explains : ‘ There is n't really much time to rest or socialise , I 'm really a workaholic and it is what I am used to now . |
| 5 | Charlie , who did n't have a girlfriend at the time , hit back : ‘ I am an actor and doing scenes like that is what I am paid to do . |
| 6 | A mestizo , which is what I am ’ — light , coppery skin and regular features — ‘ is a biological result of the conquest . |
| 7 | That is what I am escaping from , that is the alternative . |
| 8 | A governess is what I am most surely not . |
| 9 | ‘ That is what I am being paid to find out . |
| 10 | But this is what I am here to discuss . |
| 11 | When you say , ‘ I know this is true ’ , you are really saying , ‘ This is what I am convinced is the truth of the matter . ’ |
| 12 | That is what I am concentrating on now , ’ he said . |
| 13 | Yes then , if you wish to call me a spy , then that is what I am . |
| 14 | ‘ That is what I am tempted to suggest , ’ Miss Honey said cautiously . |
| 15 | That is what I am going to do , Comrade Commandant . |
| 16 | ‘ This is what I am telling 'er always , ’ Madame sighed . |
| 17 | And this is what I am going to try and do on this course . |
| 18 | Syntactic behaviour and contrastiveness aside , it is tempting to interpret a Chinese-style topic in the same way as theme , that is , as meaning something like ‘ This is my starting point ; this is what I am talking about . ’ |
| 19 | Maybe I 'm tired of being human , if human is what I am . |
| 20 | However , that is what I am paid for as a full- time member of staff . |
| 21 | Everything I have seen , Maeve , is what I am supposed to see . |
| 22 | The s working at the centre I I can tell you that one of the especially being the activities officer which is what I am , one of the biggest problems with the centre , is not being able to put things on , it 's getting people to be interested in them . |
| 23 | You fell in love with an illegitimate girl who carries her father 's name by grace and favour , not by right — never mind that I was not meant to be illegitimate ; that is what I am . |
| 24 | That is what I am concerned with , and that is how I have measured the application . |
| 25 | ‘ I adopted what I conceived to be a classless accent , ’ he said , ‘ as that is what I thought Byron ought to be and that is what I am . |
| 26 | This is what I am ashamed of , ’ said Suleiman . |
| 27 | This is what I am doing : — |
| 28 | ‘ This is what I 'm going to do , ’ crooned Doyle , in the same , soft voice . |
| 29 | Another , who works in a uniform all day , said how important her earrings were , and the short dreadlocks under her hat ; how she felt they were making a statement for her , something like : you may think I 'm an ordinary , boring nurse , but my hair and my earrings give you the clues ; this is what I 'm like out of my uniform , I 'm different , I 'm me . |
| 30 | She had her reasons , is what I 'm saying . |