Example sentences of "what [vb -s] [pers pn] is " in BNC.
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| 1 | ‘ However , what upsets me is that I have heard unconfirmed rumours that some of the riders were threatening to pull out if I were put in the third row of the grid as was at first planned . |
| 2 | At least what upsets you is tangible . |
| 3 | What impresses me is that when the causes of this ancient conflict have been forgotten , except by those who have made a study of it , this monument remains , crudely chiselled and doubtless seldom visited , testament to three modest souls who died for what they believed in and who are otherwise lost to history . |
| 4 | Before Flavia could find her bearings , she went on , ‘ Only what involves them is sacred ? ’ |
| 5 | What astonishes me is that the whole subject of injury from radiation seems to have been treated at the time with a casualness that approaches imbecility . |
| 6 | The Americans tried to do it in Panama , what disgusts me is that these are the pictures that sold , the ones done when there was no more opposition . |
| 7 | Specifically , what fascinates me is how the operations of the billions of nerve cells that cohabit inside our skulls to form our brains are capable of giving rise to our actions and our conscious experience . |
| 8 | ‘ What angers me is that they were on a government controlled game reserve and planned it carefully . |
| 9 | What amazes me , apart from the instant MGM jungle scenery that leaps out of the walls the minute you walk in , the way the carpet has become an over the rainbow poppy field , only it 's rose petals , what amazes me is we do n't run out of things to say . |
| 10 | What amazes me is that , in spite of the horrific nature of what I have seen , I feel neither repulsion nor revulsion . |
| 11 | What amazes me is that young families on income support can get almost any accompanying benefit , yet I am expected to meet these bills in full . |
| 12 | What amazes me is how often they 'll say to me ‘ Thank you very much for treating me like a human being ’ because however drunk they are in the churchyard I always believe that you 're much more likely to get somewhere with somebody if you are polite and kind to them and treat them like a real human being , and you can get into all sorts of fascinating conversations with these people even when they are fairly drunk , because actually they are real human beings , they are n't awful people . |
| 13 | I think that 's why there 's the debate , but what worries me is this new phase . |
| 14 | What worries me is the fate of the fox if hunting stops . |
| 15 | What worries me is that they may break down the wall scrambling over it . |
| 16 | But what worries me is that , since middle age has been put to fright , will old age descend overnight like a sudden frost on the dew ? ’ |
| 17 | What worries me is that it is not going to end there . |
| 18 | I 'm no expert , but what worries me is that , when you 're dealing with madmen , they increase their demands at the slightest sign of weakness . ’ |
| 19 | I 'm one of the original directors of the theatre and er Mr Chairman what worries me is this . |
| 20 | What worries me is his Russian collection . |
| 21 | ’ What worries me is what they 'll get up to by the time we get to the competitions , and they 're a bit bevvied . ’ |
| 22 | It is not a natural phenomenon and what worries me is we are miseducating children . |
| 23 | Well that 's what worries me is |
| 24 | He is having counselling , but what worries me is his inability to talk to us about it . |
| 25 | ‘ What worries me is the assumption in the town is that the replay result is a foregone conclusion . |
| 26 | So I can say that really what worries you is more the crime and the drugs much more than prostitution , as far as prostitution you 're saying that basically there 's a |
| 27 | ‘ What worries us is that our sales could be affected because fingers of suspicion are being pointed at us . ’ |
| 28 | Exactly what causes it is unknown ; it may be virus or a bacteria , or many interacting factors may trigger the disease . |
| 29 | Although they were in vogue she could not abide them : ‘ What beats me is when an unsentimental artist like Modigliani says : ‘ Oui , très joli ’ about them . |
| 30 | What motivates him is the same thing as motivates the riders . |